[Maryland GOP spokesman] Audra Miller said White and Peter O'Malley will only step up what she said will be more aggressive "dirty campaign tactics."
She accused White of being associated with an effort to entice an aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. into spreading rumors about O'Malley on a Republican Web site. The aide, Joseph F. Steffen Jr., resigned and apologized to O'Malley.
Audra Miller said Peter O'Malley helped create the statistics analysis system for City Hall that critics say is used to manipulate O'Malley's record in city government.
"That's quite a load coming from the Ehrlich folks, who use the IRS in an effort to shut down the NAACP, laundered money in the Abramoff scandal, authored the BGE rate hike and introduced us to the Prince of Darkness and the Avenging Ice Dancer," said O'Malley spokesman Rick Abbruzzese. "It's like getting advice on good manners from Tony Soprano."