An excellent essay on Gov Ehrlich by Jay Nordlinger
Exit of a Champion
Posted December 7th, 2006
Hat Tip: GOPCharlie – Thanks a bunch!
December 4, 2006 8:36 AM
Exit of a Champion
Gov. Bob Ehrlich is defeated in Maryland.
By Jay Nordlinger
Exit of a Champion
Posted December 7th, 2006
Hat Tip: GOPCharlie – Thanks a bunch!
December 4, 2006 8:36 AM
Exit of a Champion
Gov. Bob Ehrlich is defeated in Maryland.
By Jay Nordlinger
Editor’s Note: A version of this article appears in the current National Review.
Republicans and conservatives suffered a lot of losses last month, on Election Day. In fact, they — we — had almost nothing but losses! And one of the toughest we sustained was that of Robert L. Ehrlich, the governor of Maryland. He was a true-blue Reagan conservative, and he presided over one of the most liberal and Democratic states in the Union. He won an amazing election in 2002, but lost this year to Martin O’Malley, the mayor of Baltimore.
That 2002 election seemed a special gift: Ehrlich beat a Kennedy, lieutenant governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, who was a national star. He did so by a margin of 51 percent to 48. Ehrlich has said many times that conditions had to be perfect for him to win, and that he and his team had to run a perfect campaign. The conditions were, indeed, perfect, and so was the campaign. But Ehrlich could not manage reelection, losing to the relatively likable and canny O’Malley by seven points. Thus has one of the brightest Republican stars been sidelined, maybe permanently.
An unusual fellow, Ehrlich: He went to Princeton, doing his thesis on Solzhenitsyn. ...
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Read the rest here. It is well worth the time.
Republicans and conservatives suffered a lot of losses last month, on Election Day. In fact, they — we — had almost nothing but losses! And one of the toughest we sustained was that of Robert L. Ehrlich, the governor of Maryland. He was a true-blue Reagan conservative, and he presided over one of the most liberal and Democratic states in the Union. He won an amazing election in 2002, but lost this year to Martin O’Malley, the mayor of Baltimore.That 2002 election seemed a special gift: Ehrlich beat a Kennedy, lieutenant governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, who was a national star. He did so by a margin of 51 percent to 48. Ehrlich has said many times that conditions had to be perfect for him to win, and that he and his team had to run a perfect campaign. The conditions were, indeed, perfect, and so was the campaign. But Ehrlich could not manage reelection, losing to the relatively likable and canny O’Malley by seven points. Thus has one of the brightest Republican stars been sidelined, maybe permanently.
An unusual fellow, Ehrlich: He went to Princeton, doing his thesis on Solzhenitsyn. ...
[...]
Read the rest here. It is well worth the time.
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