Parris Glendenning

LUTHERVILLE -- If Republican Andy Harris is defeated in his bid for U.S. Congress, the state Republican Party has a problem, according to Sergio Vitale, a restaurant owner and unofficial state Senate candidate.

Harris, a state Senator from Cockeysville, is currently running against Democrat Frank Kratovil, the Queen Anne's County state Attorney, for Maryland's open 1st District seat. Vitale -- who has his sights on Harris's state Senate seat should he win -- says it's Harris's race to lose.

"If Andy doesn't get elected in that District then I think the party's got a problem," Vitale told PolitickerMD.com at the 42nd District Republican Club's Second Annual Spaghetti Dinner on Friday. Vitale suggests the District was "Parrismandered" to the GOP's advantage. "That's it. That's the last Alamo for the Republican Party."

Having dinner with a friend recently who made a point that should have been made a long time ago: "People are not getting past the face of Obama." I had to think about this and then recall a number of conversations I had with someone who is trying to convert me into being a Barack Obama supporter. That person did not want to hear what I have to say as far as why I support John McCain over Obama. All they know is that Obama could walk on water. Let's be honest, he did go up to the Mount of Invesco to tell it on the mountain ...so to speak.