Green Maryland

The HarazQuack Times endorses Maria Allwine for Governor of Maryland. She favors a single payer healthcare system and isn't in the pocket of BGE. Her hands are clean as the Green Party doesn't accept corporate donations. Don't worry Democrats, Martin O'Malley will win. He has a comfortable 14-point lead. But his negative ads against Robert Ehrlich represent the actions of a typical politician. He is more concerned with keeping his political career progressing than adhering to the wishes of the largely progressive constituents he represents.

The HarazQuack Times also endorses Kenniss Henry for the U.S. Senate as a protest vote against Barbara Mikulski. Mikulski, who will win easily, was one of twenty Senators to vote against authorization of the Iraq in 2002. The vote should be commended, but she has consistently voted to fund both wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan. She tries to explain away this clear hypocrisy by spouting typical political rhetoric that she is "supporting the troops." She asserts that she will not leave the troops in the field unfunded as if that was the only alternative. It is disingenuous at best.

Kenniss Henry is the mother of former Green Party candidate Natasha Pettigrew. Pettigrew died last month as she was killed by an SUV while riding her bicycle. Henry has movingly picked up her daughter's campaign.