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This from the same paper that published the following endorsement of Ehrlich's RAT opponent:

By contrast, Mr. Ehrlich's running mate, state GOP chairman Michael S. Steele, brings little to the team but the color of his skin. His choice was a calculated move by Mr. Ehrlich, made all the more crass when it was discovered that Mr. Steele is being paid by the GOP as a "consultant" to run.

One of these days the ultra-liberal, elitist, urbanite snobs will realize that they are the only ones who are "color-struck."

That Emerging Democratic Majority book is toilet paper.

It's ridiculous to think that a party can sustain 80-90% support from any racial group. The GOP broke ground with black voters by appointing Condi, Paige, and Powell (both Colin and Michael), as well as others. Now the GOP has two years to really drive a stake through the heart of Democrats-- which is all part of Rove's master plan.

By not having to focus on winning the Senate in 2004 or winning the House, we can focus on padding our lead-- minority outreach. There are risks of screwing it up, but we can afford to take them. We can pump money into campaigns of Black Republicans running in majority minority districts. We can try to target mailings and ads to minority communities using a style and language they will respond to.

The weeks went on. And then show time, Election Day. In the voting booth, I stared at the pad marked with Mr. Ehrlich's name, knowing that selecting his tab was a vote for change and a good point of reference in Maryland history with the first African-American lieutenant governor. I saw my vote as a manifesto from black Democrats to the Democratic Party leadership not to take my support for granted ever again.

Wow! Earth to NAACP/DNC: Pay attention!!!!

(An aside: don't ever let anyone tell you that these "Democrats for ________" campaigns don't work or are meaningless. Republicans cannot win in many states without votes and support of sizable numbers of Democrats. Groups like this tell them "it's OK" to vote Republican.)

In early June, I predicted (in this forum) that Bob Ehrlich would beat KKT by 51-49%. This was based upon the quality of the candidates (he's an very impressive guy; she's a bumbling nucklehead).

Then, after KKT picked the white Republican (Larson) and Ehrlich picked the black Republican (Steele), I changed my prediction to Ehrlich-Steele winning by 52-48%. KKT had clearly offended her base and Ehrlich had engineered a statement of inclusiveness to the black community by picking Steele.

The final results: Ehrlich - 51.4%; KKT - 47.9%; Lancaster (Libertarian) - 0.7%. Not bad political prognostication!

But, I think this article from the Baltimore Sun is very insightful and should be read by all Republican political leadership around the country. The message is that the monolith of the black vote in America is clearly poised for change.

I believe that blacks are finally realizing that the policies of the Democrat party are failing them and their children. They are starting to acknowledge that many Democrat leaders are inherently racist and have little to offer other than the mental slavery derived from government handouts and demogaugic hatred of conservatives and all that is Republican.

Maybe it was the events of 9-11 that brought Americans together, maybe it is the leadership, ethics, and trust of George Bush, maybe it is the internet? Whatever the factors, it should be obvious to most political observers that the black ice of Democrat control of minority voters is beginning to thaw. And, if it can happen in places like Maryland, it can happen nationwide.

Republicans should seize this opportunity to reach out to minotity voters, like Bob Ehrlich did in Maryland. When successful, minority inclusion will solidify the long term dominance of the Republican party, the true party of strength and new ideas, for many decades to come.

I was so WRONG about Maryland! Have been dining on the most delicious crow and humble pieI've ever eaten. I lived in MD and watched the crooked Dems steal every election, and had written this state, which is beautiful in the far western part (Frederick) and the bountiful East (Easton, Salisbury) but not so hot in the middle (Balmer), --off---If MD can do this, any state can! We should draw much encouragement.