Tom LoBianco, Maryland politics reporter

When it comes to election-year politics, Senate President Mike "Godzilla" Miller is the king, but Andy Harris knows how to tear things up too.

“With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound,
He pulls the spitting high-tension GOPers down!”

With my apologies to the fine members of Blue Oyster Cult, I bring you State House Theme Song 5, in which we merge the “monstrous” political egos of Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and Sen. Andrew P. Harris. with Godzilla and King Kong respectively (as shown on right.) Then it is set to “Godzilla” by BOC.

Miller, who has traditionally shown little patience for hard campaign-style politicking in his body-politic, unleashed the flames on Harris today, hitting him right in the chief of staff. Miller demanded that Harris remove his chief of staff because she is running for a state House seat. Miller let loose the flaming fury in a letter to Harris, and Harris stomped right back declaring that the move was in retaliation for a pension debate he opened in the Senate.

So, when I think of political mauling and destruction, I can’t help but think of the seminal Blue Oyster Cult song. (Pardon the slight interpretation.)

Helpless people in a Senate chamber
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them

Oh no, they say he’s got to go—
Go, go, Millerzilla . . .
Oh no, there goes Tokyo—
Go, go, Millerzilla . . .

History shows again and again
How Miller points out the folly of men . . .
Millerzilla!