Tawes Recap

This year was another great political event. The event was much more subdued than in years past. It appeared fewer people came this year than in previous years. Thankfully, a light breeze made the event more bearable from a temperature perspective.

Two things dominated the talk of the event.
1) Comptroller Peter Franchot made his way from the Board of Public Works meeting down to the event. He was politicking hard. The question is "Why is Franchot trying to increase his public persona?" The scuttlebutt in Annapolis that Franchot may Primary challenge O'Malley for Governor in 2010. More about this in future posts.

2) The race in CD1 between Andy Harris and Frank Kratovil took center stage. The Harris campaign had his own tent. Kratovil did not. Harris t-shirts and lapel stickers were everywhere you looked. Kratovil did not appear very happy the event. He came in with about 8 people surrounding him and went straight to the Democrats tent. He did not walk around the event to meet people.

Many other blogs have great posts about the event. See one here and here.