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Maryland tough to govern – new and old candidates

by YankeeJim | August 9, 2010 at 03:30 am

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Here is another example where a lifer politician, Robert Ehrlich campaigns against newcomer Brian Murphy for the GOP gubernatorial candidacy. Maybe Maryland has had enough of the old guard. I doubt it.

Maryland is a difficult place to govern because it’s demographic is diverse and geography is widespread. The poverty in Baltimore, for instance, is as bad as anywhere in the nation. Yet, the concentration of scientists and engineers, well educated people, is not greater than Montgomery County. There is farm country and rural regions and a large complement of Federal government workers and installations.

Murphy comes from rich Montgomery County.

In the article below they never say his first name, Brian.

“Palin endorsement lifts little-known candidate in Md.

Last week, a parade of those scribes lined up to see him.

What changed things was a single unexpected moment: Sarah Palin's endorsement Wednesday of the like-minded 33-year-old business investor from Montgomery County, who is making his first bid for public office against former Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. in the GOP primary.

"What this campaign has always needed is a megaphone," Murphy said, "and Sarah's endorsement gave that to us."

In the 72 hours after Palin's announcement, Murphy braced for a surge in campaign contributions, particularly from out-of-state Palin supporters. The endorsement became the talk of the political blogosphere. Murphy appeared on almost every Maryland TV and radio station.

And he was summoned to New York for an appearance Friday night on a Fox Business channel show on which a panel of guests nodded as Murphy argued that business leaders are best suited to run the state. ”