My Baby's Gone With the Win

Delaney resigns CapitalSource position; Brinkley holding out endorsement.

Monday, April 9, 2012 | 1:55 p.m.

Financier John Delaney (D) resigned as exec. chair of CapitalSource. Delaney, "who remains chairman of the board, will have no role in the daily operations of CapitalSource. At the start of the year, he had taken a leave of absence without pay to run for office. Delaney could have maintained that status through the general election" in Nov. but "said he didn't want his campaign 'to be a distraction for CapitalSource.'"

Shares of CapitalSource "slid nearly 2 percent, to $6.53," when Delaney "announced his resignation." Delaney "declined to comment on future plans to remain on the boards of CapitalSource or Congressional Bank" (Douglas, Washington Post, 4/8).

Well, You Did Make It Personal, Bub

State Sen. David Brinkley (R) "was not quick to endorse" Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R). Brinkley: "He hasn't asked, and I haven't offered, but I want to keep the seat a Republican seat." Bartlett "offered to meet his chief rival in the GOP primary, but no date had been set, Brinkley said."

Brinkley: "We'll find out what the conversation is going to be about." Bartlett mgr Ted Dacey: "We are hoping all Republicans support the congressman across the state and the district. He is now the nominee" (McCarthy, Frederick News-Post, 4/7).

Brinkley, on the 911 tapes and his poll numbers: "I don't know if the last-minute negative tactic hurt, because I can't quantify it. But up until that happened we were within two points, and they had the same exact data." Brinkley, on his pending conversation with Bartlett: "We will see where that goes" (Ford/Heerbrandt, Maryland Gazette, 4/6).

Delaney "said he has spoken" to Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and labor leaders "who had supported" state Senate Maj. Leader Rob Garagiola (D) in the primary race, and he is confident the party faithful will rally around him" (Ford, Maryland Gazette, 4/6).

Maryland Gazette's Lee writes, "that giant whooshing sound you hear is all the Garagiola insiders stampeding over to Delaney" (4/6).

A Maryland Gazette editorial states that the primary "served as a somewhat-tough-to-digest robo-call appetizer" (4/6).

All About The Money

Delaney's mgr Justin Schall "would not say whether a self-financed campaign is the plan for the general election. Delaney is ready to start fundraising, he said." Schall: "Right now, our focus is to raise money like every other candidate the old-fashioned way." Dacey: "We will have the resources we need to get our message out to the voters" (McCarthy, Frederick News-Post, 4/7).

Bartlett: "Delaney and I are very similar in that we both have humble beginnings and worked successfully in the private sector. But he has a lot more money than I do." Recently, Bartlett "said Delaney wouldn't be his first choice of opponents" (Ford, Maryland Gazette, 4/6).

Bartlett "received" $63K in contributions "from the campaign accounts" or PACs of 28 House GOP colleagues since Jan. 1. "That represents roughly a quarter of the total amount Bartlett raised over the period." House Speaker John Boehner "gave Bartlett" $14K "from two different accounts," while House Maj. Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) "kicked in" $5K apiece. Bartlett "also got donations" from the chairs of the House Appropriations, Budget and Armed Services cmtes. Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) "gave Bartlett" $4K.

Bartlett "also got" $5K from the NRCC "as well as donations" from the Tuesday Group and Republican Main Street Partnership PACs. Since Jan. 1, "Delaney has raised" more than $800K "from outside donors, roughly three times Bartlett's total, while also kicking in" roughly $1.7M "from his own ample bank account." It's "unclear how far" the NRCC and GOP leaders "will go in helping Bartlett financially in the general election" (Pershing, "Maryland Politics", Washington Post, 4/6).