Maryland's Republican Senate candidate, Michael Steele, had a press conference yesterday to attack his opponent, Ben Cardin, for not knowing the exact route of a proposed now subway line. Today's Washington Post reports that Steele's attack was misplaced, literally:
The only problem: Steele held his media event on the "need for a Purple Line" at a Metro station two stops from where the proposed line would go. It turns out that the Grosvenor-Strathmore station in North Bethesda was part of an old proposal, called the "outer line," that Maryland dropped two years ago. The only path being studied now, the "inner line," would start in downtown Bethesda -- four miles from where Steele stood.When reporters asked why Steele was having his presser so far from the actual site of the new line, sounds like he got a bit confused and cranky:
Asked why he held yesterday's event so far from the proposed route, Steele appeared surprised.The Post also noted that Steele "snapped" one response to a question.
Michael Steele would love to make the Metro the issue. That's because he's a Bush "stay the course" candidate. Like most Republicans, Steele wants to talk about anything but Iraq and Bush. But, it's hard to criticize Cardin for not knowing the subway route when Steele doesn't know it himself.
