Renegades

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While I am aware that Darkness Rising has an audience beyond Maryland politicos in general and Maryland Republicans, specifically (Thank you all!), this particular posting is aimed more than are most directly at members of Maryland’s GOP…and even more specifically at those folks who are, or may be, attending the MD GOP Convention on December [...]

David Over Goliath

The MDGOP gubernatorial primary to be settled on September 14th offers the Party faithful a stark choice: A heretofore unknown conservative novice (who’s far to the right of this more Libertarian inclined author on social issues) versus a professional politician of a far more moderate stripe. One is a businessman who has actually created jobs, [...]

What If….?

With the Preakness Stakes having now been run this year at the delightfully ambient Pimlico race course – and with no report of a reprise of “The Running of the Urinals” – I got to thinking what a lot of others have wondered over the past few years: What if Maryland were to lose the [...]

Don’t Cry for MD, Amedori: Murphy’s Got Mettle

I was among those in attendance at the Baltimore Area Young Republican (BAYR) Brew-Ha-Ha at Aldo’s in Little Italy last night to hear Gubernatorial candidate Brian Murphy, Ehrlich Campaign Representative Henry Fawell and US Senate Candidate Eric Wargotz speak and take questions. It was there that GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Murphy stunned the room by [...]