STATEMENT FROM O'MALLEY-BROWN CAMPAIGN ON THE DEBATES

Baltimore, MD -- Today, Governor O'Malley and Bob Ehrlich will participate in the first gubernatorial debate of the campaign with just under a month to go until the election.  Deputy Campaign manager Rick Abbruzzese released the following statement:

"Governor O'Malley is looking forward to an honest and open discussion about the important issues facing our state and about the tough choices we've made to create jobs and protect our priorities.  Marylanders have a clear choice in this election, and it's important that Maryland families hear directly from the candidates about whether we'll move forward or slip back.

While two additional radio debates have been scheduled, the O'Malley-Brown campaign hopes that the Ehrlich-Kane campaign will agree to a debate hosted by The Washington Post with media partners, WUSA Channel 9 and WAMU radio, on Thursday, October 14^th at Noon. 

Both campaigns have been in negotiations with the Washington Post for weeks, and the O'Malley-Brown campaign has accepted terms and format nearly identical to the WJZ-debate tomorrow.

 

The two radio debates that have been agreed to include WOLB 1010AM in Baltimore on October 21 and WTOP 103.5FM in Washington on October 22.  The WTOP debate was originally scheduled for October 29, but was moved to accommodate the Ehrlich campaign.

We hope that Ehrlich-Kane will accept The Washington Post's invitation to debate this Thursday at Noon, and we also hope that Lt. Governor Brown and Mary Kane have the opportunity to share the stage in a debate or candidates' forum in the weeks remaining before the election."