Ehrlich leads in latest poll
Jul 3rd, 2010 by David Anderson
Jack Markell seems to have a thankless task overseeing the demise of the Democrat majority in the statehouses. Former Governor Bob Ehrlich is loved by the people personally and that seems to be translating into poll numbers.
According to the Magellan poll, Mr. Ehrlich was preferred by 46 percent of state voters to 43 percent for Mr. O’Malley, a close political ally of President Obama. About 4 percent of those polled preferred another candidate and 7 percent were undecided.
The spread was within the poll’s 3.5 percent margin of error, but another finding suggested more political troubles for the Democratic incumbent. Only 41 percent of Maryland voters said they had a favorable opinion of the governor, compared to 45 percent with an unfavorable opinion. For Mr. Ehrlich, 51 percent of voters reported having a favorable opinion vs. 32 percent with a negative opinion.
I hope Ehrlich wins and that his name is an omen. It’s German and means “honest.”
When he lost his reelection, it was a close race, but he had 61% approval. It was just an anti-Republican year in a 2.5 to 1 Democratic state. A lot of people are having buyer’s remorse. They realized that Bush wasn’t on the ballot for governor of Maryland and ousting Ehrlich didn’t punish Bush.
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I have met Governor Ehrlich, he has a vacation place in Sussex. Can we convince him to move to Delaware???
In this economic climate, an unrepentant tax-and-spend liberal like O’Malley is toast- even in Maryland. Ehrlich, and it won’t be that close.
Repudiation, BO!