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First District candidate Frank Kratovil meets with young Democrats in TowsonSpeaking before the Baltimore County Young Democrats in Towson this evening, congressional candidate and State's Attorney Frank Kratovil (D-Stevensville) said his opponent in Maryland's First Congressional District, state Sen. Andy Harris (R-Cockeysville), was "divisive" and would be "one of the most conservative people in Congress."

Kratovil said he expected the Harris campaign would continue to attempt to link him to Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

"He says I would vote straight party line because that's what he does," Kratovil said of Harris. "He votes straight party line."

"I'll vote the way I think is appropriate," Kratovil said.

Sen. Hillary Clinton is playing the nostalgia card in Indiana, but in a different way than usual, as former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is taking a prominent role in her presidential campaign. Today, she’ll join the Senator and former President Bill Clinton at four stops across the Hoosier State.

The 1968 Indiana Democratic primary was the first contest her father, Sen. Robert Kennedy, took part in, where he unexpectedly defeated favorite son Gov. Roger Branigin and Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy.

Kennedy Townsend will appear with the Clintons at a festival for South Bend’s Dyngus Day, a Polish holiday that celebrates the end of Lent and a political tradition in the state. She will then continue on with the former president at “Solutions for America” rallies in Rochester, Logansport and West Lafayette.

Indiana, which some consider the last true toss-up in the Democratic race, goes to the polls on May 6.

As a former cabinet secretary in Bill Clinton’s administration, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s endorsement of Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton is highly irregular for going against the people who placed him in such an esteemed position. Yet it is not unprecedented.

Donna Edwards (D-Fort Washington), the Democratic nominee in Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District, has returned to her work as the executive director of the Arca Foundation since her victory in the Feb. 12 primary, according to her communications director, Dan Weber.

Given the fact that the fourth district is heavily Democratic, Edwards is expected to easily win the November general election against Peter James (R-Germantown). By the time she is sworn-in to Congress next January, nearly 11 months will have passed since her primary victory over Rep. Al Wynn (D-Mitchellville).

With that immense time lapse, Weber told PolitickerMD.com that Edwards has been “back to work,” at Arca, an equality and social justice foundation that specializes in securing grants for various causes, such as campaign finance reform and toxic waste disposal.

Kathleen Kennedy TownsendYesterday, former Lt. Gov. and frequent Hillary Clinton surrogate Kathleen Kennedy Townsend responded to the endorsements of Barack Obama from two of the most prominent members of her family, Sen. Ted Kennedy and once-first daughter Caroline Kennedy.

"I respect Caroline and Teddy's decision but I have made a different choice,” she said in a statement released by the Clinton campaign.

“While I admire Senator Obama greatly, I have known Hillary Clinton for over 25 years and have seen first hand how she gets results. As a woman, leader, and person of deep convictions, I believe Hillary Clinton would make the best possible choice for president.”