I had a moment of sheer terror when I loaded up the Washington Post website and saw a photo of Martin O’Malley and his wife in front of the microphones. I immediately thought to myself, “Damn! Not Martin!” Of course, I assumed O’Malley had been caught cheating.

Martin, for those of you who don’t follow Maryland politics (and who could blame you) is the Mayor of Baltimore. He also happens to be the first politician I have ever really believed in.

As it turns out, allegedly, some guy in Ehrlich’s (the Republican Governor) office had started spreading nasty rumors. So persistent were these rumors that O’Malley, who had originally ignored them, had to go public and denounce them.

The staffer has been fired and Ehrlich claims that his office is investigating how far (deep?) the conspiracy goes.

ps. O’Malley should take the Governship with ease in 2006 and I won’t be surprised if you see O’Malley for President in 2012 or 2016.

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