“Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler came under fire Tuesday for comments that his top rival in the Democratic primary for governor is running on little besides his African-American heritage,” write Erin Cox and Michael Dresser in The Baltimore Sun.

What impact could Gansler’s statement have? Donald F. Norris, professor and chair of public policy at UMBC, tells the Sun that Gansler “has just offended a whole lot of voters he cannot afford to offend.” Read the full Baltimore Sun article here. Norris commented further about the situation in an August 13 interview on WTOP radio.