Herbert C. Smith is a professor of political science and international studies at McDaniel College. He has written numerous articles of political commentary published in theBaltimore Sunand works as a campaign consultant and television political analyst. John T. Willis is an executive in residence and director of the government and public policy program at the University of Baltimore. The author ofPresidential Elections in Maryland, he has served as a party official at the local, state, and national level and was Maryland’s secretary of state from 1995 to 2003.