Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis, in advance of tonight’s Republican Presidential debate, issued the following statement today regarding the impact of extreme GOP policies on Maryland. Every Republican presidential-hopeful has come out in favor of the radical elements of the Tea Party budget plan that passed the US House of Representatives.
9.5 million American jobs and 248,000 Maryland jobs would be lost if the damaging cuts envisioned by tea partying Congressional Republicans are implemented. The hard-line Tea Party cuts-only plan would devastate the middle class, seniors, small businesses and students; end Medicare and gut Social Security; jeopardize our future and possibly cause a second Great Depression. That’s how far Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, and the rest of the Republican Party are willing to go to maintain Tea Party support. Democrats are committed to making the tough choices to put our fiscal house in order, make investments in our future and put America back to work, but what these Tea Party courting Republicans have pledged to do is reckless, callous and destructive for our country.
Marylanders want real solutions to the problems we face and they want a plan to create jobs, restore the middle class and lay a foundation for economic growth and prosperity. Marylanders have consistently rejected the same old hard-right GOP policies at the ballot box, and we will do so again in 2012.
The Democratic National Committee released a new analysis estimating the number of jobs that would be lost due to Republican policies. Link to the report: http://my.democrats.org/DNC-report
(Baltimore Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam / January 13, 2010)
The Tea Party Express, conducted by Sarah Palin, will be making its final stop today in Washington, D.C. after a month long tour across the country. You’d think that they’d make a stop in neighboring Maryland but it looks like someone called off that stop.
Yesterday, Tea Party bandwagoner Bob Ehrlich told The Washington Post that he didn’t want Sarah Palin campaigning for him. However, the bigger question is, would he campaign for her?
Does Bob Ehrlich think that Sarah Palin is qualified to be President?
Team Erhlich: Taking Maryland Backwards
After months of speculation about what he’s been up to for the last three years, Bob Ehrlich has decided to change his name to Bob Erhlich. In an e-mail obtained by The OnLine State, Team Erhlich asked supporters if they were ready to take Maryland backwards.
The name change appears to be an attempt by Ehrlich Erhlich to go back and reinvent himself after 4 years of record spending followed by 3 years as a self described “rainmaker” for his lobbying firm, Womble Carlyle.
However, a new campaign website still had the old spelling of his name and had not been updated to reflect his reinvented record.
Ehrlich Erhlich recently attempted to dupe attendees at a TEA Party rally by masquerading as a fiscal conservative.
The change comes on the heels of a new poll that finds serious problems for Ehrlich with the Republican base.
Despite running a campaign while on the clock at Womble Carlyle, Team Ehrlich Erhlich could not be reached for comment.
