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lature, or whatnot, and that they are getting this as a
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political plum. I am speaking of this because I am a
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CPA myself, and I do know a lot of these people in the
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field.
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MR. BROOKS: Thank you. One additional ques-
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tion, back to the political aspects of who should be
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elected and not: We have talked about the situation
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where the Comptroller and Attorney General, for instance,
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are of a different party from the Governor. Where they
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are not only the same party but actually the same slate,
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what is the effect of having a Democratic slate, which
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is the practice in Maryland, where the Governor runs
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with a selected Comptroller candidate or Attorney General
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candidate and to some degree considers other factors
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than just capability in choosing this, in order to give
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more popular qualifications and rounding out all the
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considerations for a full ticket? What is the effect both
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of the selection process, of getting the type of people
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who should be in office, as well as what is the real
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independence of the Comptroller and the Attorney General
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who is elected with the Governor who has selected them to
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