Ex-Baltimore Colt Tom Matte has been asked to run as a Republican in the 2nd Congressional District against first term incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger-D, a Pelosi puppy. This story just broke on the 8AM newscast this morning. Dutch was ok and conservative and actually a nice guy as Baltimore County Executive but he is left of Lenin in Congress and I don't know how many times people have said Pelosi says "jump" and Dutch asks "how high".
I consider Dutch to be very vulnerable since this district is actually more conservative than the state as a whole. Once you get away from Baltimore City, Prince Georges County (DC burb) and Montgomery County (another DC burb, full of government workers) the rest of the state is conservative. The farm team for the Republicans is weak however, and look at Michael Steele, he was a good LT Gov. and is a lousy R party head.
Tom played 12 years for the Colts 61-72 and is still remembered for the game against the Rams in '67 I believe when he had to play QB with no one to really back him up, all the QBs were out. Johnny U was out for the year, that's when his muscle in his right arm re-attached to the wrong place on the bone and he was never the same again. Tom did an excellent job, almost pulled it out but the Rams were one of the best teams in the league. The game is still talked about in Baltimore, I got to see it in PA, big network game from the west coast after the Eagles played earlier that day.
What I didn't know was like Johnny U Tom was also born in Pittsburgh, PA.
