Saturday, July 19, 2008

A Quick Intro

Welcome to Politics on the Bay, where, for the next few months, we hope to track closely the race for Maryland's First Congressional District, where Democrat Frank Kratovil is attempting to flip a seat currently held be republican Wayne Gilchrest.  The moderate Gilchrest was defeated in the Republican primary by right-wing state senator Andy Harris.

We'll role things out over the next two weeks with a look at the district, including focusing in on different localities to understand who lives in the district, where they are, and local issues of import to them.  We'll also do some more in depth background on each candidate.  

The site is written from a left-leaning perspective, so we'll be up front about our biases in favor of Kratovil in this election, particularly given the shift presented in the Republican candidate from Gilchrest, one of the most genuinely moderate elected officials in the Republican party, to Harris, who is a fairly doctrinaire movement conservative.