I WASN’T IN THE CAR MUCH YESTERDAY, but every talk show I caught a bit of was going on about the UAE port takeover story I mentioned a while back, so I think it’s going to be big. Here’s the latest:

Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he is considering legal moves to either delay or “simply void” the federally approved business deal that would give an Arab company control of operations at the Port of Baltimore. . . .

New York Gov. George E. Pataki, also a Republican, made a similar threat last night, saying he was “very concerned” about the purchase, which also would cover five other ports, including New York.

I don’t know much about the underlying facts here, and its certainly true that not every Arab-owned company is a terrorist front, but I’m guessing that the politics of this, with criticism coming from both Democrats and Republicans now, are likely to scuttle the deal.