Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a liberal Democrat, and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a conservative Republican, are both young and telegenic, chairmen of their respective political parties’ national governors associations, and already in line for higher office. Both also govern states that benefit disproportionately from the ever-increasing size and scope of the federal government. But McDonnell’s state is on the upswing, while the major economic indicators in O’Malley’s state are heading in the wrong direction, and nowhere is that more evident than the latest unemployment figures.

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