Questing for Atlantis

For those who follow Maryland politics, I have a bit of news I wanted to share.

Diana Waterman, a member of the Queen Anne’s County Republican Central Committee and both the 1st Vice Chair-Elect and the Eastern Shore Regional Chair of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women, has formed an exploratory committee for a campaign for Delegate.

To avoid any confusion though, I want to make it absolutely clear that Diana is only going to run in the event that the current holder of the seat, Delegate Richard Sossi, gives it up in order to run for State Senate (which is in turn dependent on Senator E.J. Pipkin vacating the seat to run for higher office, something many believe to be reasonably likely).

Also, in the interests of full disclosure, Diana Waterman happens to be my mother and I am the treasurer for the exploratory committee. Any statements I make on this blog are solely my own opinions and should in no way be considered as her stances on any issue.

All of that being said, I highly recommend reading the letter she sent out explaining why she has formed the committee and consider printing out the donation card and sending it back with some form of financial support. As Brian Griffiths so aptly noted:

Hey, I’m as happy as anybody that so many people are protesting health care in DC. I really am. The fact that 15,000+ people took the time to go downtown today, on a work day, and protest says a lot about their passion and the anger being felt by millions of Americans over the Democrats attempts to bankrupt the country and ruin our health care system.

But this is the easy part. Unless these protesters are willing to put in the grunt work, the long hours, to donate their time, their money, and their sweat to candidates who are willing to fight for their values in Annapolis, in Washington, then it will all be for naught.

My point is that it’s real easy to bitch, but it’s not so easy to work hard and lead. Our party and our nation needs leaders and workers right now a heck of a lot more than we need protesters…

Her letter:

and the donation card: