O'Malley gains ground over Ehrlich in Maryland governor's race, poll shows

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/28/AR2010092806130.html?sid=ST2010092806162

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has opened a significant lead over former Republican governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. as newly energized Democrats have turned what appeared to be a dead heat into a double-digit advantage for O'Malley, a Washington Post poll has found.

Less than five weeks before the election, 52 percent of those most likely to vote support O'Malley, and 41 percent back Ehrlich. In May, likely voters were divided evenly between the contenders.

Ehrlich has the support of almost every GOP voter in the state, and he is winning independents by a wide margin in his effort to reclaim the Maryland governorship he lost four years ago. But that combined slice of the electorate, which is propelling outsider insurgents elsewhere, appears to be too little in Maryland. The former governor and congressman is failing to draw the cross-party appeal that vaulted him to victory in 2002.

Instead, despite widespread concern among Marylanders about the economy and direction of the state, Democrats have moved solidly behind O'Malley. And he is more popular now than at any time a Post poll has been taken since 2004.


Obama Endorses O'Malley, Urges People To Vote
http://www.wbaltv.com/r/25203024/detail.html
WBAL-TV 11 News has confirmed the president will make a campaign stop on O'Malley's behalf next week.

[OmahaBlueDog]

1. Very good to hear

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[madinmaryland]

2. Even the conservative media here, like wbal-tv channel 11 has not run

any negative investigations about Governor O'Malley, unlike Bobby Haircut during his term.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. I love hearing stories like this. Keep 'em coming, and let's hope it spreads.

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