say that the mood, the tone of the times, at a time when people don t like in polls that people are moving away from the president that they re going to want the most different person that you can have just as president obama was the anti-bush, they re hoping that rick perry can be the anti-obama. he plays that up. he talks about how there s no one more different than i than the president. that s for sure. the president might agree with that. i was going to say. by that measure, i think ron paul will be our next president, right? yeah. exactly. happy friday to you. thank you. still ahead, we ll bring in maryland governor martin o mally, and washington post columnist eugene robinson. keep it on morning joe. so, how was school today ? i have to be a tree in the school play. good. you like trees. well, i like climbing them, but i ve never been one. good point. ( captain ) this is your captain speaking. annie gets to be the princess. oh.
me what my tax tell me what my regulatory burden is going to be and i can figure that into a five-year plan. our concern here is, look, i just can t deal with joe, i hear people saying, you know what? businesses can create jobs, but we need the government to do its job. you need to stop bickering and do your job. and tell us what to expect. there is still time for your state. there is. now, listen, i can put you in touch with stella mccartney. you don t know stella mccartney. we can figure it out. are we back to the uniforms? look! it s the only uniform that makes the 1970s houston astros look classy. j.r. richards. i ll have melissa call you. wouldn t that be good? he is very confused right now. martin o malley thank you very much.
france. you re hitting all of the demo groups in northwest florida. martin o malley, we ll be right back. all right. [ female announcer ] the road is not exactly a place of intelligence. highway maintenance is underfunded, costing drivers $67 billion a year, and countless tires. which drivers never actually check because they re busy, checking email.
2010, is who will be maryland s governor. the democrat martin o mally is on the left, challenged by a republican governor bob air lick. it s election day, 2010, and while you are home, your phone rings. you pick up the phone and hear this. i m calling to let everyone know that governor o mallye is successful. our goals have been met. we are okay. relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. congratulations and thank you. our goals have been met. everything is fine, don t bother going to vote, stay home and watch tv. that was a robo call, an auto mated recording with no paid for by blah, blah, blah on it. it went out to 100,000 voters.
as well as aaron eckhart, who everyone loves i think. good morning and thanks for being with us on this friday. i m vinita nair. i m mike marusarz in this morning for rob nelson. it will not be business as usual in maryland today after explosive devices showed up at two government office buildings. in two cities mail rooms at state agencies are closed indefinitely. so, were the packages from a terrorist or crackpot? at least one of the packages included a complaint about highway signs that asked drivers to report suspicious activity. john hendren has more. good morning, john. reporter: good morning, vinita. good morning, mike. the devices were small but they put a lot of people on alert at government buildings across maryland. the first package erupted here near maryland s state capitol. it was addressed to governor martin o mally. there was an initial flash of fire and smoke and a smell that emanated from that reaction. reporter: a second went off here at the maryland de