[AuH2ORepublican]

Since Mayor O'Malley seems insistent upon running for Governor in 2006, and since Congressman Cardin may decide to stay in the House where he has built up a ton of seniority, it is possible that former Congressman and former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume will be the frontrunner for the 2006 Democrat Senate nomination in Maryland should Senator Sarbanes retire. If Sarbanes retires, it could give a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Maryland. As you probably know if you watched the Republican National Convention last Summer, Lt. Gov. Steele is an exceptionally talented black conservative who would be a great addition to the U.S. Senate. Of course, Maryland is for the most part a Democrat state, so it would not be easy for Lt. Gov. Steele to win, but GOP turnout should be high with Gov. Ehrlich running for reelection, and if the Democrats nominate a liberal extremist such as Mfume I think Lt. Gov. Steele has a great opportunity to be elected to the Senate.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Will it be Kweisi Mfume against Lt. Gov. Michael Steele for the U.S. Senate in Maryland in 2006? If so, we might elect the first black GOP Senator since the 1970s.

[zbigreddogz]

It would be a amazing if it happens, but it sounds like a lot of things would have to go right for this to happen.

[Coop]

it would not be easy for Lt. Gov. Steele to win, but GOP turnout should be high with Gov. Ehrlich running for reelection

No more difficult than Ehrlich/Steele defeating a Kennedy clan member the first time around. From the little I've seen of LtGov Steele, I've been very impressed with him.

[Clintonfatigued]

A race between Kweisi Mfume and Michael Steele would be historic. My concern involves the lamestream media acting as Mfume's cheerleading squad. If memory serves me correctly, there was a Senate race between an African-American leftist and an African-American conservative in the last election, and it didn't go well.