Miller endorses Delaney...sort of

Miller endorses Delaney...sort of:
Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller had been an outspoken backer of Democrat Rob Garagiola in his unsuccessful congressional campaign.
Now, he's getting behind John Delaney, who defeated Garagiola in the Democratic primary on Tuesday.
Well, sort of.
Check out this dispatch from the Washington Post:

Maryland’s powerful Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) offered perhaps the worst endorsement in recent memory. Miller said he would back Delaney: “Absolutely, I don’t know the gentleman, but if he can raise $800,000 for Hillary Clinton, he’s alright with me,” Miller said, referring to Delaney’s political fundraising prowess as a Montgomery County financier.
But that was as far as he went. In fact, Miller then called on his party’s nominee to release his tax returns to make sure Delaney wasn’t paying “less than Mitt Romney.” And Miller said Delaney’s victory said more about the candidate’s unlimited money and negative ads, than about the candidate himself.
“It was a tough race. The people spoke … but what spoke unfortunately the most . .. was the unlimited dollars, the guy raised twice as much money as Rob did. And then put in $1.5 million of of his own money and he was able to …. define Rob in a negative way,” Miller said.

It's evidence that Delaney will have fences to mend after the difficult primary, which saw Garagiola, the state Senate majority leaderm win the backing of the state Democratic establishment.
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