Maryland: Andy Harris

This should become a regular feature. I invite your stories--must be from withing 50 miles of Annapolis please.

1. A pickup truck on 95 south just north of Baltimore. Huge signs and stickers for every Republican candidate but mainly Andy Harris adorn the truck. A sticker asks "Is it 2012 yet?" A sticker for McCain. A sticker for Ehrlich. All losers. But biggest loser of all is the man driving the truck--Andy Harris. And his license tag registration was expired. State Police please take notice.

2. A big SUV with a giant image of an eagle with the stars and stripes. A bumper sticker proclaims something such as "I'll keep my freedom, my faith, my money, my gun.

A former Republican Congressman, the state Attorney General and a freedom fighter walk into a room…and express their support for Gay Marriage.
The former Republican congressman is Wayne Gilchrest who respresented the first congressional district in Maryland until January, having lose the Republican primary to Baltimore/Harford Senator Andy Harris (R-Dist. 7).  Gilchrest joined Attorney General Doug [...]

The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act passed the Senate last week by a 36-9 vote. To refresh: the bill—introduced by the O’Malley administration—aims to reduce GHG emissions 25% below 2006 levels by 2020. The administration and its environmental allies claim the reductions will stem the tide of global warming, all while providing net economic growth and more jobs. This is part of O’Malley’s “Smart, Green and Growing” initiative. Four Republicans inexplicably voted for this monstrosity (David Brinkley, Barry Glassman, Andy Harris, and EJ Pipkin). The house version of the bill, now awaits a vote in the Economic Matters Committee, where it died last year.

Del. J.B. Jennings (R-Harford County) said Tuesday, that if state Sen. Andy Harris (R-Cockeysville) makes another bid for higher office, then he will immediately throw his name into the ring to replace Harris in the 7th District state Senate seat.

Harris was defeated by U.S. Rep.-elect Frank Kratovil (D-Stevensville) in November in the 1st Congressional District by less than 3,000 votes and has left the door for his 2010 ambitions wide open. Jennings said a rematch between Harris and Kratovil is likely.