Hoopla, hooch and horse manure are all in abundance at conventions of either political party.
But why do thousands of people spend all that time, effort and millions of their own money and taxpayer dollars to come together every four years for an extended infomercial? Experienced Democratic politicos from Maryland who’ve been to as many as a dozen national political conventions say they’re worth the expense.
Virginia’s Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell was dispatched to the Democratic National Convention Thursday to open fire on the Obama administration, a role much like that his neighbor Gov. Martin O’Malley played last week at the GOP convention.
Amid tepid reviews, Gov. O’Malley translates convention speech into stumping for something; Mikulski urges voters to back women candidates; Van Hollen takes a swipe at Romney-Ryan ticket; Maryland DREAM Act supporters wary of Romney’s immigration stance; in other news, state casino take drops by $3 million in July; state Sen. Brochin blasts judge for comments in domestic violence case; and Leopold accusations continue to burble to the surface.
It was another Maryland night Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention as a third of the party’s members of Congress had speaking roles, though none with a primetime national audience as Gov. Martin O’Malley had Tuesday.
For the large Maryland delegation, it was all hands on deck to show its support for Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Rep. Steny Hoyer and Chris Van Hollen.
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