In Martin O?Malley?s visit to Dublin this weekend, he was perhaps able to pick up an extra portion of the luck of the Irish. That?s what many legislators think he needs to get what he wants out of the special session he?s ordered next week, a call seen as a risky roll of the dice.

“I thought he was going to make sure he had his votes before he called a session,” said Del. Pamela Beidle, a freshman Anne Arundel Democrat.