A note from a plugged-in Maryland conservative, about the meaning of Rep. Wayne Gilchrest’s primary loss yesterday:

Good win for Harris,It looks like a large amount of eastern shore folks went for him over Gilchrest. Its also a win for Bob Ehrlich, he now has a congressional ally to whip up support for another run a governor or for the Senate if Mikulski retires. Plus this really helps the party in Maryland to have a cosnvervative in Congress.A lot of us are hoping that Ehrlich makes another run for the state house. The political environment as it stands now is looking favorable for that. Clinton lost Maryland and that is a big blow to O’Malley who has approval ratings lower than President Bush.