John Leopold: Comedian

This sentence from this morning's Capital/Gazette story about Leopold finally jumping into the County Executive race is funny:

Promising an administration free of cronyism, Mr. Leopold said he believes in "creative financing" to solve problems, citing the radium legislation as an example.

It's funny for two reasons:

• Who's his crony?: John Leopold's support is a mile wide and an inch deep. Realistically, he is an army of one who thinks his inheritance can buy him the seat; one guy against campaigns with fifty or sixty-times as many supporters and volunteers.
  
• I get the analogy: "creative financing" sounds like the kind of "fuzzy math" most liberals use to justify one thing; tax increases. And tax increases don't fly with Republican voters.

It's going to be a long, long summer...