Howard County Times endorsement of Governor Ehrlich
Return incumbents to legislature 10/26/06 ENDORSEMENTS
In 2002, this newspaper gave a tepid endorsement of Robert Ehrlich for governor.
After observing him in office for the last four years, we have seen a governor who has been willing to take on the
He has provided a good check on the unbridled power of the Democratic leadership of the General Assembly, particularly Senate President Mike Miller.
For this alone, Ehrlich receives our solid endorsement this time around. But we have more reasons to like Ehrlich.
Ehrlich, the first Republican to win the office in nearly 40 years, has been a good fiscal steward, with the state going from a $4 billion deficit at the time he took office to a current $2 billion surplus. Add to this an unemployment rate which is one of the best in the country.
Ehrlich has picked up the slack on neglected transportation projects, including the widening of Route 32 in
His opponent, Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, has waged an aggressive campaign to put the governor's mansion back in Democratic hands, noting the partisan rancor that has dominated
We agree with O'Malley that the tone hasn't been civilized. And Ehrlich isn't immune from taking part in it. But to place the blame for it at the feet of Ehrlich is simply not fair.
O'Malley certainly brings more to the table than the Democrats did last election when they ran Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.
But where Ehrlich has set forth a clear agenda, O'Malley seems content to lob criticism and speak in lofty generalities while offering little in the way of concrete solutions to
We think Ehrlich is better prepared and a better choice for governor.
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