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Forget the Shape Of the State: Whose Suit Is Sharpest?
House Majority Leader Kumar P. Barve sparked sartorial strife.
(Courtesy Of Kumar-p. Barve)
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O'Malley Features in GOP Fight
Gov. Martin O'Malley has been drawn into the no-holds-barred Republican primary in the 1st Congressional District, where Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest faces a ferocious challenge from state Sens. E.J. Pipkin (Queen Anne's) and Andrew P. Harris (Baltimore County), among others.
Pipkin recently sent out a campaign flier that led with this loaded phrase: "Say NO to the Three Amigos," a reference to his claim to be tougher on illegal immigration than his opponents or the governor. Photos of O'Malley, Gilchrest and Harris are featured with sombreros.
It says O'Malley supports "Driver's Licenses for Illegals."
The flier was sent a day before O'Malley's announcement that he no longer embraced Maryland's long-standing policy offering driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.
The governor did an about-face on the issue after his top transportation advisers said that to comply with new security rules, they were pursuing a two-tiered driver's license system, one for illegal immigrants and another for legal ones.
"It's inaccurate and unfortunate," O'Malley spokesman Rick Abbruzzese said of the flier. "A new low, even for that race."
Pipkin said the mailing was meant as a lighthearted reference to the movie "The Three Amigos."
"There's nothing fair about this race," he said with a laugh.
-- Lisa Rein
