Poll: O'Malley leads Ehrlich by 9

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A new statewide opinion survey, released early Wednesday, shows Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley leading Republican ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich by 9 percentage points in a hypothetical rematch.

The two-point drop in O'Malley's advantage, compared with a September survey by the same pollster, is not statistically significant (the poll's margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points). In early November, a published poll by another firm showed O'Malley ahead by a slightly smaller margin, 7 points.

Still, many Ehrlich supporters will likely view the new results as evidence that the Republican is gaining as an unannounced challenger.

While O'Malley may be nervously looking over his shoulder--understandably, given the electorate's sour mood--the other major candidate in a 2010 statewide contest has yet to see a serious threat emerge.

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, running for another six-year term this November, when she'll be 74, enjoys a job-approval score of 64 percent in the new poll by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies of Annapolis.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/2010/01/poll_omalley_leads_ehrlich_by.html

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1. Anybody except the republican panhandle in Maryland who

would vote for Ehrlich again after the mess he made has got to be down dumb and stupidest person in that state. He literally screw Maryland into the ground.