Weather in Maryland is very bad right now. Bridges are shut down all around Baltimore, Annapolis, Chestertown, and the broader Eastern Shore.

So the State of Maryland where I occasionally reside has decided to get CNN, MSNBC, Fox and other network pundits some overtime pay by keeping the polls open an extended 90 minutes.

Two races I care about at the primary level are incumbent Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD-01) in the Republican House race -- and Donna Edwards in the MD-04 Democratic Primary.

I saw Gilchrest yesterday morning campaigning in 15 degree weather at an Eastern Shore DC commuter bus stop -- and TWN's good friend, the progressive activist and blogging guru Matt Stoller, is out in the miserable weather tonight canvassing for Donna Edwards.

Good luck to both Edwards and Gilchrest -- both of whom are enlightened about the need to move in a different foreign policy course than we are currently on.

-- Steve Clemons