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3:43 PM, May 14, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENMaryland governor Martin O'Malley, a rising Democratic star who has generated some 2016 presidential buzz, published a photo on his Twitter feed this afternoon of New Mexico's Republican governor Susana Martinez, along with a delegation of visitors from the southwestern state. O'Malley's message, however, misspelled Martinez's first name--and said she was from Mexico, not New Mexico.
Here is how tweet originally read: "Great to meet Governor Susan Martinez & the delegation from Mexico today."

The mistakes have since been corrected.
(Hat tip to Josh Trevino.)
9:36 PM, Apr 3, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERMitt Romney is projected to win the Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, according Fox News.
Read more... 8:02 PM, Apr 3, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERAs polls close in Maryland and Washington, D.C., "NBC News projects Romney the winner of both," tweets NBC's Chuck Todd. "Should be a delegate sweep in MD but too early to call that part just yet," says Todd, suggesting that Romney will go over 50 percent of the vote in Maryland.
Read more... 7:52 PM, Jan 3, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERMitt Romney's Maryland chairman, former Republican governor Bob Ehrlich, just appeared on local television to boost his presidential candidate. But, in fact, he might have done the opposite. He was asked by the host, "Is there a scenario in your head where President Obama doesn't win Maryland?"
Read more... And House Republicans are "deny[ing]" Obama victories.11:27 AM, Sep 15, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARRENMaryland governor Martin O’Malley said Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry “seceded” from the National Governors Association (NGA), of which O'Malley is a member. The Democratic governor made the tongue-in-cheek remark to reporters in Washington this morning at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor when asked about the Texas governor.
Read more... 12:40 PM, Apr 19, 2011 • By LAUREN WEINER
The first men to die in the American Civil War fell on this day, 150 years ago, on Pratt Street in Baltimore. Troops en route to Washington were confronted downtown by rioters, and the fighting cost four federal soldiers and 12 civilians their lives.
Read more... From the Scrapbook.Apr 18, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 30 • By THE SCRAPBOOK
We yield to no one in our admiration for Chris Christie, even though he’s from New Jersey. The candor and plain speaking that have made him a YouTube matinee idol have made him a Scrapbook favorite too. So it’s only with the greatest reluctance that we draw your attention to an incident in which, perhaps for understandable reasons, his gift for voicing uncomfortable truths failed him.
Read more... 8:11 AM, Mar 16, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERFred Barnes, with Juan Williams and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:
Read more... Delaware, Maryland, New York, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and More!6:30 AM, Sep 15, 2010 • By JAY COST
Delaware Senate. It wasn’t even close. Republican Christine O’Donnell jumped out to a lead against Mike Castle right away last night and did not look back. Final result: O’Donnell 53 percent, Castle 47 percent, with a little more than 3,500 votes separating the two.
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