Comments on: Enormous Development In MD Senate Race http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/31/enormous-development-in-md-senate-race/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:11:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » The Most Important Senate Race? http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/31/enormous-development-in-md-senate-race/comment-page-1/#comment-32600 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » The Most Important Senate Race? Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:06:49 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/31/enormous-development-in-md-senate-race/#comment-32600 [...] Jay Bryant over at Real Clear Politics thinks that the most important Senate race is happening right on Washington's doorstep. It isn't Virginia, either. It is the Maryland Senate race. Now I noted the surprise endorsement of Michael Steels by a group of influential black politicians in Prince George's County yesterday. I am not all that well versed in Maryland politics, so while I saw the announcement as important, I could not see all that is behind it. It turns out that this is much. much more than it seemed at the time. This is potentially a political earthquake. Tipping the balance in the Senate is only one of the two reasons Steele's campaign is the most important in the country this year, but before we look at the other reason, let's discuss the importance of yesterday's endorsements. [...] [...] Jay Bryant over at Real Clear Politics thinks that the most important Senate race is happening right on Washington's doorstep. It isn't Virginia, either. It is the Maryland Senate race. Now I noted the surprise endorsement of Michael Steels by a group of influential black politicians in Prince George's County yesterday. I am not all that well versed in Maryland politics, so while I saw the announcement as important, I could not see all that is behind it. It turns out that this is much. much more than it seemed at the time. This is potentially a political earthquake. Tipping the balance in the Senate is only one of the two reasons Steele's campaign is the most important in the country this year, but before we look at the other reason, let's discuss the importance of yesterday's endorsements. [...]

]]> By: daveinboca http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/31/enormous-development-in-md-senate-race/comment-page-1/#comment-32222 daveinboca Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:15:45 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/31/enormous-development-in-md-senate-race/#comment-32222 <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/30/AR2006103001057.html" rel="nofollow">I once lived in Prince George's County</a> where wealthy blacks and whites live in racial harmony, far from the cocktail chattering-class inane psychobabble of Montgomery County "liberals" who are all appendages of the US government sugar-daddy in D.C. <blockquote>Steele, who as lieutenant governor is the first African American elected statewide in Maryland, said he was humbled by the support. "I said I did not want this [campaign] to be so much about party but about the people," he said. "And these people understand that." Ron Walters, a political science professor at the University of Maryland, said the endorsements could be significant. "This is going to go through the black community like a rocket," he said. "It's going to be the talk of the county, the state, maybe even the nation."</blockquote> The Maryland Dems are dependent on the black vote, but throw only occasional political crumbs to their single largest constituency. The unions and old-time Baltimore white nabobs control the party, and have selected one of their hacks, a party-line white limousine liberal, instead of a qualified black who was narrowly beaten in the primary. I hope Steele pulls out a victory, as the hypocritical smug stand-patism of the liberal Maryland Dems needs a shake-up very badly. I once lived in Prince George’s County where wealthy blacks and whites live in racial harmony, far from the cocktail chattering-class inane psychobabble of Montgomery County “liberals” who are all appendages of the US government sugar-daddy in D.C.

Steele, who as lieutenant governor is the first African American elected statewide in Maryland, said he was humbled by the support. “I said I did not want this [campaign] to be so much about party but about the people,” he said. “And these people understand that.”

Ron Walters, a political science professor at the University of Maryland, said the endorsements could be significant. “This is going to go through the black community like a rocket,” he said. “It’s going to be the talk of the county, the state, maybe even the nation.”

The Maryland Dems are dependent on the black vote, but throw only occasional political crumbs to their single largest constituency. The unions and old-time Baltimore white nabobs control the party, and have selected one of their hacks, a party-line white limousine liberal, instead of a qualified black who was narrowly beaten in the primary.

I hope Steele pulls out a victory, as the hypocritical smug stand-patism of the liberal Maryland Dems needs a shake-up very badly.

]]> By: Webloggin http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/31/enormous-development-in-md-senate-race/comment-page-1/#comment-32193 Webloggin Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:57:21 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/31/enormous-development-in-md-senate-race/#comment-32193 <strong>Black Democrats No Longer Waiting for Democrat Party...</strong> I hope that others start to realize that Democrat promises of helping minorities and victims is nothing more than lip service. The Democrats are nothing without either and their hold on power rests on their ability to perpetuate the state of being a vi... Black Democrats No Longer Waiting for Democrat Party…

I hope that others start to realize that Democrat promises of helping minorities and victims is nothing more than lip service. The Democrats are nothing without either and their hold on power rests on their ability to perpetuate the state of being a vi…

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