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The failure of the Maryland GOP to recruit a candidate to run against Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is shocking.  We were sharply reminded of this last Saturday when we heard from a GOP leader we trust in another state who volunteered - -

“The MD GOP must be in a sad state if they cannot find one person to challenge Gansler.”

Commented state GOP chairman Audrey Scott by way of an excuse: “One candidate changed his mind, she said. Another appeared at the last minute, but party paperwork prevented her from being able to put his name forward, she said.”

Mr. Gansler’s likely reach extends beyond preempting voters from having the final say on Maryland recognizing “gay marriage” celebrated in other states.

The Attorney General has firm views on the Arizona law –  “We have no role in it, because it’s unconstitutional.”  And on gun rights under the Heller decision- - “We do not believe that any of Maryland’s laws are so restrictive that they violate the Second Amendment.” 

Those voters who care about the future of freedom in Maryland higher education and fear the further balkanization of our culture should carefully go through his office’s “Strengthening Diversity in Maryland Colleges and Universities: A Legal Roadmap.”

Readers can make their own judgments about who, among of the Maryland GOP chieftains, assigned a low priority to recruit actively and timely, and help raise money for a formidable Republican attorney-general candidate. 

But this failure to recruit is no sign of vigorous Maryland party leadership in a year that the Republicans are obviously strong nationwide

And the failure to come up with an opponent to Mr. Gansler also seems to show the state GOP’s indifference to the incumbent Attorney General’s own “progressive” policy agenda.

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