Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, right, hugs Speaker of the House of Delegates Michael Busch after the House passed a gay marriage bill in Annapolis, Md., Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.
"I’m from MARYLAND. We’re not from the South, nor do we have an accent. We’re also not New England- we’re the Mid-Atlantic. It’s soda, not pop with my sub, not a hoagie. I go to the beach, not to the shore and drink water, not “wooder”. It’s DC, not Washington, and I know how to get anywhere. We know how to use a traffic circle, and how to pump our own gas. Terps basketball is life and Gary Williams is a god. We scream “O!”; in the national anthem, no matter where we are, and we cheer for the redskins no matter how they are doing. We live for crabs, corn and beer, and most of all, Chipotle. I’m from MARYLAND, and there’s no place like home!"