Who's the next Governor of Maryland

[HandsUpThumbsDown]

Originally Posted by ajsmith365

Oh, so that's why he's ------ing everything up and kissing President Obama's behind at the same time. Setting himself up for a nice cabinet position, I guess.

No, more like setting himself up to run in '16

[InvaderBryce]

O'Malley screwed his presidential chances up when he flubbed that answer on Face the Nation. He's looking more like our next senator once Mikulski retires.

EDIT: Check out these sites which give the possible 2016 candidates: http://www.2016election.com/

Here's my candidates for the Dems:

*Hillary Clinton
*Brian Schweitzer (Winner)
*Deval Patrick
*Joe Biden
*Mark Warner

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by InvaderBryce

O'Malley screwed his presidential chances up when he flubbed that answer on Face the Nation. He's looking more like our next senator once Mikulski retires.

Young Sarbanes is in line for that. That's one reason his District was tinkered with this year and one map had it coming down into SoMD through Anne Arundel.

[InvaderBryce]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Young Sarbanes is in line for that. That's one reason his District was tinkered with this year and one map had it coming down into SoMD through Anne Arundel.

Hmm...I've never heard John Sarbanes mentioned as a candidate. It's usually either O'Malley or Van Hollen.

[North Beach Person]

Those two are certainly in the mix but O' Malley has public housing on PA Ave. in mind, Van Hollen is also angling to move up in the House and replacing Steny when he retires to be in line for Speaker.

[MidValleyDad]

Originally Posted by InvaderBryce

Hmm...I've never heard John Sarbanes mentioned as a candidate. It's usually either O'Malley or Van Hollen.

One rumor floating around here (What is now the 8th district and used to be the 6th) IS that when Van Hollen saw how his district had been screwed up he stormed into O'Malley and ranted about MoM purposely butchering his district so he would have to spend time courting Republican votes to defend his House seat when he was planning on positioning himself for a run at the Senate when Mikulski retired. This would weaken his ability to fight MoM in the Primary when the time came. Supposedly Mom just let him rant and smiled

[westsideboy]

Originally Posted by MidValleyDad

One rumor floating around here (What is now the 8th district and used to be the 6th) IS that when Van Hollen saw how his district had been screwed up he stormed into O'Malley and ranted about MoM purposely butchering his district so he would have to spend time courting Republican votes to defend his House seat when he was planning on positioning himself for a run at the Senate when Mikulski retired. This would weaken his ability to fight MoM in the Primary when the time came. Supposedly Mom just let him rant and smiled

I haven't heard that one, but that's how O'Malley rolls. Expect no quarter if he perceives you, or your community, as opposing him.

[InvaderBryce]

Originally Posted by MidValleyDad

One rumor floating around here (What is now the 8th district and used to be the 6th) IS that when Van Hollen saw how his district had been screwed up he stormed into O'Malley and ranted about MoM purposely butchering his district so he would have to spend time courting Republican votes to defend his House seat when he was planning on positioning himself for a run at the Senate when Mikulski retired. This would weaken his ability to fight MoM in the Primary when the time came. Supposedly Mom just let him rant and smiled

Damn, that's pretty messed up.

[MidValleyDad]

Originally Posted by InvaderBryce

Damn, that's pretty messed up.

It may be messed up but welcome to Maryland Democrat politics. Where do you think Pelosi learned her 'take no prisoners' style? At her daddy's knee in B'more!