In my opinion, it sounds like Gov. Ehrlich and Lt. Gov. Steele are going to decide which of the two will run for the governorship and which one will run for the Senate. With Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and Montgomery County Executive Director Doug Duncan releasing statements that make clear that they will not seek the Democrat Senate nomination and will continue to run for governor, I think the Democrat Senate candidate will be either white Baltimore Congressman Ben Cardin, black Prince George's County Congressman Al Wynn, or black former Baltimore Congressman and ex-NAACP president Kweisi Mfume. I think Lt. Gov. Michael Steele would be favored to defeat Wynn or Mfume and would have a good chance against Cardin.
Steele will be President someday, methinks.
Please correct my typos in the title (should be Potential, and should only have one parenthesis at the end.
But the typo in the words outside the parentheses ("or" instead of "nor") are from the original.
Thank you.
*Potential GOP Senate Pick-up PING*
Lt. Gov. Michael Steele is a solid conservative and if elected to the U.S. Senate would prove to people across the nation that being black is not incompatible with being a pro-life Republican. Steele's only liberal issue position is that he is opposed to the death penalty, but given the rest of his views I can certainly live with that.
Ehrlich is one of one, (gov. of MD). In the senate, he would be 1 of 100. Steele, as senator would be one of one or one of two, the only black republican senator and only one of 2 in the senate.
Ehrlich for gov, and Steele for Senate makes the most sense.
I think so too. I've read that Governor Erlich is not particularly popular and could very well lose. By contrast Michael Steele is viewed favorably with low negative ratings, though he is not well-difined.