In their first joint appearance of the fall campaign, Democratic Baltimore Mayor Martin O?Malley and Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich turned a forum on disabilities issues into a slam-fest about each other?s records on a schools and economic policy.

At least 10 times during the 90-minute session at Baltimore?s Hyatt Regency, O?Malley tried to tie Ehrlich to “the poor choices” and “ill-founded policies” of President Bush and the Republican Congress. “We need a governor who stands up to George Bush, instead of giving him cover, or worse, silence,” O?Malley said.

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