Overriding Politics

The Sun today laid out the Democratic strategy to override Governor Ehrlich's vetoes today, I could not think of a potentially worse strategy for Legislative Democrats.

In an election year, do Democrats really want to be on the record once again as:

• Supporting a bill to increase election fraud by allowing early voting?
• Supportng a minimum wage increase that will result in fewer jobs available for those the increase would theoretically help?
• Support the already controversial Wal-Mart bill that will likely hurt consumers and employment in our state?
• Support the bill to move primary elections to June in an blatantly partisan effort to allow Democrats to regroup prior to the General Election?

Proving that these decision are all about election year politics, the Sun reports that Democratic leadership has not determined yet if they will attempt to override the veto on the bill allowign same-sex couples to make medical decisions for their partners.

The four bills listed above are some of the most partisan, the most controversial bills being considered for overrides. I just hope that Democratic legislators are watching and paying attentiont to what is going on in their districts. If these bills do get overriden those Democrats who vote for the overrides, particularly here in Anne Arundel County, are going to have some expalining to do and will answer for their mistakes at the ballot box.