I'm waffling on the ICC too. I live in MoCo and am not sure it will really do anything but encourage more traffic. I like the Purple line subway idea much more. We don't need more roads, we need better public transportation between Prince Georges, MoCo,the District and Virginia. Glad to see that one of the candidates is looking at the ICC again. They all should.

You know, there's trying to set yourself apart from your opponent in a primary, and then there's what Doug Duncan is doing - which is feeding the negative/attack campaign monster. Now that he's headed down this road against O'Malley, it's going to be hard to stop, and with any luck, the Baltimore Mayor won't stoop to bashing Duncan.

All the attacks on O'Malley are going to do is make this a bloody primary and set up Ehrlich with more campaign material than he needs to effectively compete for re-election.

Mr. Duncan needs to tone it down against O'Malley, and turn his gaze to the current governor. The differences between the Democrats will be easy enough to see by how (and how well) they take on Ehrlich.

The ICC is not a solution to MD's traffic problems for one major reason: THE AMERICAN LEGION BRDIGE. If the highway were go across Western Montgomery County, cross the Potomac around Poolesville, then enter Loudoun County and meet with 28 and the Toll Road, or even went out further past the Airport to Winchester to I-81 and Leesburg, it would be an effective bypass. As it is now, however, it is not effective because it stops at 270. What this road is basically doing is probably killing the Purple Line for the forseeable future as those funds will be spent on the road.

But Ehrlich has always been hositle to public transportation of any kind that isn't bus-related. His transportation secretary Robert Flanagan is hostile to Metro and rail transportation. Ehrlich's hardcore supporters live in exurban Baltimore and Washington and don't want public transportatino for a variety of reasons.

The road will probably reduce congestions for a few yeras. But when developers build homes and strip malls at the exits, it will lead to congestion.

Wow there is alot of support for a metro system that cannot balance its books and cannot adequately provide transportation to the growing DC area. Purple line isnt a bad idea, but is in no way a fix, unless you expect all commuters to park at metro stations, ride the metro, and ride the bus to work. Rinse and repeat on the way home.

I guess if you do, you have an unrealistic outlook on the enormity of commuters and dc residents going to work everyday.

I do like the idea of another bridge, that actually does make more sense than the ICC. But thats an interstate project in need of federal funds, definately a good idea though.

OMalley scares me more in his unwillingness to prosecute criminals in Baltimore. Luckily state's attorney's are more independent and OMalley's kind heart would do less damage on the state level.

The Purple Line is a solution for reducing future traffic in the MoCo/Prince George's region! Our region already has the second highest mass transit usage, after NYC. People use them. The real question is whether political candidates have the conviction to put forward realistic proposals for the Purple Line and meet those committments.

I don't know why the lefties in Montgomery County think that O'Malley is going to be better for them on development issues than Duncan. What is the evidence to support thinking that O'Malley is any better?

Duncan has been spouting a lot of baloney about the ICC for so many years . . . it is such a tired song and dance . . .

But the interesting aspect of this, from a political standpoint, is that all of those lefties who oppose Duncan on the ICC could very well cost Duncan thousands of votes in his own back yard vs. O'Malley . . .

In other words, the writing is on the wall and Duncan may have already weakened his base of support in Montgomery County . . . As a result, O'Malley will probably draw more votes in Montgomery County than people realize.

Duncan's love affair with greedy land developers and the ICC is like a 500 pound gorilla on Duncan's back in this election.

The purple line? At the cost a billion dollars every 10th of a mile underground? Get off the crack-cociaine. Note why not even Dan Mote at UMCP is pushing for it--he knows it isn't practical.

We need the ICC. Try traversing from Rockville to Landover at rush hour--you're lucky if you do it in under 2 hours. We've needed the ICC for 30 years now, but wacko environmentalists and idiots who couldn't read the master plan and bought houses in it are the ones complaining.

This Duncan v O'Malley nonsense is comical. The O'Malley people on here are so obvious-- "don't attack O'Malley, we should be attacking Ehrlich." Yah clearly that's how you determine who your best candidate is--by not seeking to distinguish differences among them and instead coronating one candidate. Tell O'Malley to lay off the crack pipe and try answering some of Duncan's responses.

To Duncan-- you're attack machine is pathetic. You guys haven't highlighed the horrid record of O'Malley on schools, barely touched him on crime, and generally forget that rock star loves the tv cameras so give him an excuse to go on tv--seriously he'll make a fool of himself. My beef with you Duncan--hello, what the hell was up with the cell phone tax increase? How about property taxes? Seriously, stop being a tax and spend liberal and maybe you'd stand more of a chance.

Right now, that whole race comes down to AA and Howard Counties. Duncan's locked MoCo and PG. O'Malley seems to have AA, Balt City and County well locked. I'll be amused to here what they propose for Howard. We shall see.

Please repeat after me: 1+1 does *not* equal 3! A road will *always* become jammed in a large population center. *Always*. Want to get somewhere quickly and economically in a populated area? Build light rail lines on streets, and during rush hour, outlaw cars from using those lanes. Demand that if a new road gets built, that a light rail line also gets built on it as well.

It is telling to see the proponents of the ICC go into attack mode. Rather than dealing with issues and facts, Duncan (and Bryan who posted a comment here)lower themselves to name calling and reciting fallacious talking points.

Even the SHA report on the ICC states that it is not meant to provide relief to Beltway congestion.

2 billion dollars are slated to be spent on a public works program that will enrich developers while real solutions are left without funds.

O'Malley may not be perfect, but at least he doesn't have his head in sand.His reasons may be tainted with the politics of the governors race, but at least he is taking a second look at the boondoggle aka the ICC.

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