O'Malley Increases Influence With Wins on Taxes and Slots - washingtonpost.com

The Washington Post has a generally glowing review of Martin O'Malley's handling of the special session. He comes across as engaged, hard working, and willing to listen, as opposed to this characterization of his predecessor, which is prize:

Del. Tom Hucker (D-Montgomery) said O'Malley won points for his openness to lawmakers' ideas and a work ethic that contrasted with that of Ehrlich, whose tenure Hucker derided as "four years of press conferences and golf."

Personally, I will still vote against the slots proposal, but it was a productive session because O'Malley did his homework.