Over in Arlington, Virginia at the inaugural GOPAC state and local summit, former Lt. Gov (and the organization's current chairman) Michael Steele hosted Minnesota Gov. and vice presidential prospect Tim Pawlenty for breakfast. Steele, as usual, was effusive with the praise, saying Pawlenty "represents, in my view, the new face of the Republican Party, certainly the leadership of our party."

In other Marylanders, Queen Anne's County very own Andrew Langer will be on a panel there a little later.