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This is interesting. The top vote getters so far in FreedomConnector’s poll about the Tea Party’s strongest Senate come from arguably the reddest and the bluest state in the nation. Ted Cruz from Texas and Dan Bongino from Maryland are running away with it. Cast your vote.

Certainly not a scientific poll but hopefully it shows that the national conservative movement need not be timid about jumping into Maryland politics.

Governor Martin O’Malley has really done it this time. Not only has he used Obama’s stimulus slush fund as an excuse to raid the state’s transportation fund resulting in massive budget deficits. Not only has he chased businesses and hundreds of jobs out of the state with his abhorrent tax policies. Not only is he making gasoline and alcohol more expensive. Not only has he hamstrung rural Maryland economies with his United Nations approved, junk-science “sustainable development” PlanFairyland.

This time he has gone too far. His power and money grabbing policies have now placed Maryland at risk of losing a distinguished resident of the (not so) Free State. I’m speaking of the independent journalist and blogger Robert Stacy McCain, who may leave Maryland thanks to Marty’s recent plan to tax internet sales (on which McCain relies for a substantial piece of his income).

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley Is a Stupid, Dishonest and Corrupt Swine

My friend Jeff Quinton at QuintonReport.com alerted me to this outrage and got an Instalanche out of it. And this could be the last staw for me.

I’ve lived in Maryland more than 14 years, ever since I moved up here to work at The Washington Times in November 1997. My friends have often asked, “Why Maryland? Their taxes are so high. You should move to Virginia.” And there was always a reason, or at least a plausible excuse.

For years, the commute to the Times office on New York Avenue, and the availability of a more direct bus/rail connection than could be found in Virginia, was the best argument to stay in Maryland. Then our daughter enrolled at Highland View Academy here in Hagerstown, and we moved into faculty housing on campus, where my wife subsequently became the food service director or, as she prefers to call herself, The Cafeteria Lady.

Frankly, however, the best argument for staying in Maryland now is inertia. We’ve lived in this house for seven years, and the mere thought of having to pack everything into a moving truck — my office library alone would take days to pack — is enough to give me a headache.

Nevertheless, O’Malley’s lamebrain Internet tax might make me do it. Because in all likelihood, as we witnessed in California last year, if the state tries to tax online sales, Amazon will pull out, and I need that Amazon money.

Read the entire article

O’Malley has been doing to Maryland what O’bama has been doing to the whole country for the last three years.

I don’t want Stacy McCain to leave Maryland. Maryland needs people like him. We’re organizing in Maryland and we will defeat the Democrat machine in Annapolis. It won’t be tomorrow or next week, but it will happen. The Maryland Conservative Action Network, The Maryland Society of Patriots, Constitutional Conservatives for Maryland, Conservative Victory Maryland, Election Integrity Maryland…the list goes on.

We’re getting our act together. We’ve got great candidates like Dan Bongino and Kathy Afzali running for seats in Washington and activists and PACs preparing for battle.

Now is when Maryland really needs Robert Stacy McCain.

Love is in the air.

Senator Ben Cardin has found his date to the congressional prom. The announcement came today via Twitter that his date for the evening will be Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker. I’m sure Ben is clumsily picking out a corsage and/or washing his dad’s car as I type this. No word on where the happy couple’s dinner reservations were made for the evening. The conversation will undoubtedly be about whether this is the night Roscoe Bartlett finally scores with Nancy Pelosi.

As you probably recall, the State of the Union became Prom Night in Congress last year in order to help perpetuate the Democrat/mainstream media narrative that overheated political rhetoric is what made a mentally ill person snap and shoot up a crowd of people including Congresswoman Giffords. The idea was for Congressmen and Senators to sit across the aisle with members of the other party to pretend they’re unified for the good of the country for an hour or two. (See Caleb Howe’s RedState post from last year for more.) Then they can applaud in a bipartisan fashion when the President blames all the country’s ills on Republicans. It’s very much like the Democrat’s’ version of Dinner for Schmucks

Hey, Senator Cardin, instead of phony baloney political stunts maybe you could show your bipartisan spirit by standing up to your boss, Harry Reid, and telling him to let the Senate vote on some Republican bills. Or how about actually doing something like…I don’t know…PROPOSING  A BUDGET? (I believe we just passed the 1000-days-without-a-budget-mark.)

As for Senator Wicker, he’s probably a very qualified Republican Senator in that he’s a disappointment.

Ken Timmerman

Tomorrow, investigative reporter and author, Ken Timmerman will officially announce his campaign to unseat Congressman Chris Van Hollen in Maryland’s 8th district.

Jan. 18, 2012  (Kensington, MD) – Nationally recognized investigative reporter and international religious-freedom advocate Ken Timmerman announced he will challenge incumbent Rep. Chris Van Hollen in the 8th District of Maryland, vowing to rein in out-of-control federal spending, promote jobs through growth, and maintain a strong national defense adapted to the challenges of tomorrow.

“In just three years, the Obama administration, eagerly assisted by Chris Van Hollen as Chairman and Ranking Member of the Budget Committee in Congress, has racked up a breath-taking $5 trillion in new debt, and now they are asking for $1.2 trillion more,” the Montgomery County conservative said.

“The scandalous enactment of Obamacare, with its special interest waivers and the potential bankrupcy of our health care system, is a poster child for everything that is wrong with Congress. Chris Van Hollen had a chance to work toward getting our fiscal house in order. He failed. Now he needs to go,”

The long-time Kensington resident announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the newly-drawn 8th district in separate appearances in Frederick, Montgomery and Carroll counties.

Carroll County commissioners (and PlanMaryland foes) Richard Rothschild and Robin Frazier have sent Timmerman letters welcoming his candidacy, as have prominent members of Tea Party groups.

Timmerman has already won support from leading Republican figures, including Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R, MD-6th), and several Maryland Republican party voices in their individual capacities.

During a previous run for the U.S. Senate in 2000, Timmerman was endorsed by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick, and by Simon Wiesenthal, the famed Nazi-hunter. Timmerman is the only candidate Wiesenthal ever supported for public office in the United  States.

“We need a strong voice for Maryland jobs and for fiscal sanity in Congress,” Timmerman said. “We need to lift the burdens on small businesses which are our job-creators. We must stop the malignant growth of government and its encroachment into every aspect of our daily lives.”

Timmerman’s expertise and judgment have been praised by former CIA director R. James Woolsey. “Your professionalism and persistence make a great contribution to our understanding, to the public debate, and ultimately to our national security,” Woolsey wrote Timmerman in an endorsement of one of his recent books.

Timmerman is a recognized authority on national defense and intelligence issues who has testified as an expert witness in terrorism trials in U.S. federal courts and before Congress. He is also the president of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran (www.iran.org), and was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize in 2006 for his work to halt Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

For the past seven years, Ken has been the lead investigator for families of 9/11 victims in a civil lawsuit against Iran. Based on Ken’s evidence, a federal district judge ruled just before Christmas that Iran “shared responsibility” for the 9/11 terrorist attacks with al Qaeda, and had provided “direct, material support” for the attacks.

“2013 may be our last chance to bring real course correction to Washington. It’s time to stop the insanity in Washington, where Chris Van Hollen has played a leading role in driving our economy off a cliff,” Timmerman said.

Timmerman and his wife of 24 years have five children, all of whom have gone through the Maryland public schools in his district.

Event Schedule for January 18, 2011

• 9:00 AM: Frederick County Courthouse, Frederick MD
• 11:45 AM: Outside of Bertucci’s at White Flint Mall (11301 Rockville Pike, Kensington, MD)
• 2:30 PM: Salerno’s restaurant, (1043 Liberty Road, Eldersburg, MD 21784)

If you attended the MD CAN Turning the Tides Conference back in October, you’ll recognize Ken Timmerman as the moderator on the Sharia Law panel discussion.