Steele's a moderate-maverick...
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Steele is a strong conservative who was running in a BLUE state and hoping to garner some traditionally dem voters from the predominently black communities of Md. I wish he had stood forthrightly with President Bush during his campaign but it was his call to tapdance instead. Apparently Md blacks just could not push the X for an R when it came to voting day.
I heard several of them call a black talk show saying that they had planned to vote for Steele, but when they got to the polls, they just couldn't press the R button.