What's in it for Brown?
With the unofficial announcement that Delegate Anthony Brown will be Mayor O'Malley's running mate next year sure is puzzling. The question that keeps coming to the front of my mind is "What's in it for Delegate Brown?"
From a certain perspective, this move makes no sense. Brown parlayed his service in Iraq to being a minor star in the Maryland Democratic Party. It looked as if he were ready to make a serious run for Attorney General. Since Curran has decided to run for a sixth term, Brown was stuck with no place to go other than to serve as second-fiddle to Curran's son-in-law.
Brown had pretty good potential as a statewide candidate. It is puzzling to explain how he would throw it all away to go down with the O'Malley ship next November.
From a political perspective, this is a good move for O'Malley. It keeps his selection from dragging on throughout the year, and he gets to strike the iron first. More importantly for his campaign it also serves as a distraction, however temporary, from O'Malley's failures as a mayor.
O'Malley-Brown; an interesting, yet politically doomed ticket.
From a certain perspective, this move makes no sense. Brown parlayed his service in Iraq to being a minor star in the Maryland Democratic Party. It looked as if he were ready to make a serious run for Attorney General. Since Curran has decided to run for a sixth term, Brown was stuck with no place to go other than to serve as second-fiddle to Curran's son-in-law.
Brown had pretty good potential as a statewide candidate. It is puzzling to explain how he would throw it all away to go down with the O'Malley ship next November.
From a political perspective, this is a good move for O'Malley. It keeps his selection from dragging on throughout the year, and he gets to strike the iron first. More importantly for his campaign it also serves as a distraction, however temporary, from O'Malley's failures as a mayor.
O'Malley-Brown; an interesting, yet politically doomed ticket.
posted by Brian Griffiths at 10:11 PM
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Brown wants to be Attorney General. So, in his usual total self-serving fashion, O'Malley used the weight of his father-in-law, current AG, to pressure Brown into running on his ticket on the promise that Curran will step down and hand the AG job over to Brown. The fatal flaw in this plan, of course, is when O'Malley doesn't win, where does that leave Brown? Brown currently has a stellar, untarnished reputation. After a 10-month campaign affiliation with amoral O'Malley, it is likely to leave Brown down.
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