I posted The Baltimore Sun article yesterday that it was goingto happen and sure enough,it happened. From The Baltimore Sun.

In a Baltimore Baptist church with black ministers from across the city and the state at his side, Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan reiterated his opposition to slots Wednesday and sought to separate himself from Mayor Martin O’Malley, his potential chief rival in next year’s Democratic primary for governor.

Duncan’s news conference at City Temple Baptist, in the heart of O’Malley’s city, seemed unabashedly designed to underscore the possibility that the mayor’s views on the divisive slots issue could cost him African-American votes next year — even in Baltimore.

In his remarks, Duncan said slot machines are wrong for Maryland and Baltimore, in particular. Gambling income is not the answer to the city’s problems, he said.

“There is a brighter future than that,” Duncan said. “We can and we will improve Baltimore City’s schools. We can and we will bring up education levels in the city of Baltimore. And we can and we will bring more higher-paying jobs to the city of Baltimore.
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Duncan, and the ministers gathered to support him, repeatedly blasted O’Malley for condemning slots as a “morally bankrupt” way to fund education but then supporting the gambling machines for other purposes.

“I don’t understand how someone can stand up and say this is morally bankrupt but we need to do it,” Duncan said.

The attack on O’Malley over slots was expected, but Duncan appears to be opening another line of attack – O’Malley pisspoor record on education in Baltimore City. I personally think this will be O’Malley biggest problem against Govenor Ehrlich if he manages to beat out Duncan for the Democratic nomination.