Remember Governors Lynn Swann and Ken Blackwell? Or how about Senator Michael Steele?
All ran in 2006 as the Republican nominee -- in states with a significant black voting bloc. None of them made more than a dent.
I live in Ohio and am from Pennsylvania.
I remember when Ken Blackwell and Lynn Swan were both running for Gov.
I was convinced that it was a lock for both since they would get the Republican vote - plus a higher percentage of the black vote.
There must have been a lot of republicans who couldn't pull the lever for a black candidate since Ed Rendell and Ted Strickland won easily - as I recall.
It was pretty disapointing.