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Poll: Michael Steele Leads Dems in Senate Race
Newsmax | 22 January 2006

Posted on 01/22/2006 10:13:52 AM PST by concretebob

Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele is ahead of the two leading Democratic candidates for the state's open U.S. Senate seat, a new poll reveals.

Republican Steele, Maryland's first black elected statewide official, would get 45 percent of the vote in a head-to-head match-up with Rep. Benjamin Cardin, who is considered the most likely Democratic challenger, while Cardin would get 40 percent, according to the poll by Rasmussen Reports.

Steele would also garner 45 percent of the vote in a head-to-head race against former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, who would get 38 percent, in the contest to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes.

The poll results are "another example of the tremendous momentum that Michael Steele has, just under three months into his Senate candidacy," Steele campaign manager Leonardo Alcivar told the Washington Times.

More good news for Steele came with the disclosure that his campaign had raised more funds than Cardin in the last quarter of 2005.

The Steele campaign reported that he raised $853,350, including about $500,000 on a single day in November when President Bush attended a Baltimore fund-raiser for the lieutenant governor.

Cardin's campaign raised nearly $800,000 in the quarter, less than he did in the third quarter of 2005, which Steele's campaign said was a sign of slowing momentum.

The Steele campaign has criticized Cardin for receiving $3.9 million in special-interest money for campaign spending over the past 20 years, the Times reports.

And campaign manager Alcivar told The Baltimore Sun that Cardin has taken in a "disproportionate" amount of money from corporate political action committees.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 2006; election; maryland; michaelsteele; politics; poll; senate; senator; steele
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1 posted on 01/22/2006 10:13:54 AM PST by concretebob
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To: ALlRightAllTheTime; armymarinemom; tgslTakoma; Justanobody; 3D-JOY; Live free or die; Landry Fan; ..

MD/DC PING


2 posted on 01/22/2006 10:14:39 AM PST by concretebob (We should give anarchists what they want. Then we can kill them and not worry about jail-time.)
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Accept the "plantation" mentality of Hillary and the like to start accusing him of being a "race traitor."


3 posted on 01/22/2006 10:16:21 AM PST by IranIsNext
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To: concretebob
If things really start looking bad for them, look for the resurrection of MD4BUSH
4 posted on 01/22/2006 10:17:37 AM PST by IranIsNext
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To: concretebob
former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume,

Impersonating Elmer Fudd....Sen. Joe Lieberman once said...

"I hate that kwaasey wabbitt!!"

"But I wov that Kweisi Mfume".

5 posted on 01/22/2006 10:19:01 AM PST by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (expell the fat arrogant carcasses of Congress)
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To: concretebob

Thanks for posting.

After reading the article, and having seen Steele on TV and read of the vile attacks on him by the Dems, I decided to make a contribution to his campaign, although I'm not from Maryland.

I'd encourage FReepers from everywhere to consider doing the same. Here's a link to the Steele web site:

http://www.steeleforsenate.org/


6 posted on 01/22/2006 10:22:07 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
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To: concretebob
It looks like Chuckie the Schue might have done Steele a favor by having two of his staff illegally get Steele's credit reports.
7 posted on 01/22/2006 10:23:12 AM PST by jazusamo (A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
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"Accept the "plantation" mentality of Hillary"

Grrr make that expect..
8 posted on 01/22/2006 10:25:46 AM PST by IranIsNext
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If we can get Steele over the top in MD and get Lyne Swan (PA), Blackwell (OH) and Jindal (LA) we will have run the table.

Hillary can shove her plantation.

9 posted on 01/22/2006 10:27:52 AM PST by robomurph
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Remember: Racial slurs are only racial slurs if you're white...


10 posted on 01/22/2006 10:32:29 AM PST by Tzimisce
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To: concretebob

Go Steele! Just waiting for my Lynn Swann "88" jersey to arrive! Steele & the Steeler!


11 posted on 01/22/2006 10:36:16 AM PST by Sisku Hanne (Happy 2006...The Year of the Black Conservative!)
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Ohhh...MD, PA & OH...what a trifecta!


12 posted on 01/22/2006 10:37:20 AM PST by Sisku Hanne (Happy 2006...The Year of the Black Conservative!)
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yay! bump


13 posted on 01/22/2006 10:38:09 AM PST by Landry Fan (Concretebob is my hero!)
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To: concretebob
The Steele campaign reported that he raised $853,350, including about $500,000 on a single day in November when President Bush attended a Baltimore fund-raiser for the lieutenant governor.

And they say that Bush doesn't have coattails any more! Typical MSM

14 posted on 01/22/2006 10:41:29 AM PST by trooprally (Never Give Up - Never Give In - Remember Our Troops)
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To: concretebob
Steele would also garner 45 percent of the vote in a head-to-head race against former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, who would get 38 percent

Mfume does worse against Steele than the White Candidate.

They should explore the reason for the 2% difference.

16 posted on 01/22/2006 10:49:54 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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robo,

To busy to keep up with Swan (PA), Blackwell (OH) and Jindal (LA).

What Seats are they running for? Swan Gov? Jinal House seat?, Blackwell??

Please inform and thanks in advance.

17 posted on 01/22/2006 10:57:28 AM PST by taildragger (They call themselves Liberal Democrats, I call them Collaborators.)
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To: concretebob

9 1/2 months out, only the politically aware fringe even know the candidates' names. Wait till October when the Dem media is in full swing campaign mode against the Republican and we will see how Steele is doing.

In the mean time, maybe the sensitive and tolerant liberals can throw more Oreos at him.


18 posted on 01/22/2006 10:59:16 AM PST by CGTRWK
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To: concretebob

Sen. Steele. I like the sound of that.


19 posted on 01/22/2006 10:59:47 AM PST by 6SJ7
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To: concretebob

He's gonna win


20 posted on 01/22/2006 11:01:05 AM PST by Vision ("You guys are literally the cream of the crop of political analysis")
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