Spotlight Stealers: Top Maryland Democrats Crash Republican Fest

Politics Republican Convention — 31 August 2012
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Capital News Service

Maryland Republican delegates say they’re sick of Democrats stealing their spotlight, after the second high profile Maryland Democrat made a surprise appearance at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen did an interview with Politico inside the convention center, after Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley crashed the party a day before. He criticized the Romney-Ryan economic plan and took a jab at the speakers from the first night of the convention.

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