Back Where He Belongs

Well, okay, not "back". But John Gianetti, who was trounced in our local primary for State Senate two weeks ago, has quit the Democratic Party to join the GOP. He's exploiting a loophole in Maryland's sore-loser law that will allow him to run as the GOP candidate in he's appointed by the local party committee. Since the original candidate has already dropped out of the election, it's a safe bet that Gianetti will be on the ballot in November.

He always was an uneasy Democrat - anti-abortion, pro-deregulation, pro-assault weapons - and he was an embarrassment to the party, serving underage drinkers liquor at UMd games and offering to change his vote on a schoolboard issue in return for votes for slot machines... He's something I grew up knowing about back home: a Democrat who was secretly a Republican, only he wanted to get elected more than he wanted to be honest.

The Democratic voters in the 21st District dumped his sorry ass in the primary, so now he has no reason to stick around. Can't say I'm sorry to see him go to the other side; he was really there all along.