Eye Opener: Maryland no presidential battleground

The Eye Opener is back this morning with a handful of government and politics headlines from around the state.

And, in The Daily Record this morning, read about Maryland Ports Administration Executive Director James J. White’s plan for Sparrows Point, the home of Baltimore County’s idled steel mill.

• The Baltimore Sun reports on the gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District, which one analysis says may be shaped the way it is for religious reasons.
• MarylandReporter.com reports on the rise of Maryland U.S. Senate candidate Rob Sobhani.
• The Gazette reports that some analysts say Maryland misses out by not being a presidential battleground state.
• Patch.com unties Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s claim that Massachusetts — not Maryland — has the nation’s No. 1 public schools.