[TontoKowalski]

Republicans are aware of the importance of garnering the black vote and are playing for it, she said, noting efforts in key elections last year in Maryland, Florida and elsewhere.

Summer, pinging you to this thread to question you regarding Republican efforts in Florida... Here in Maryland, our new Lt Governor, Mr. Steele, is an black Republican, and, from all I've heard, quite the rising star. I wish I had some numbers on how he and Governor Erlich did in the black community, but they made genuine efforts in campaigning, and I suspect that was a key factor in slaying the Kennedy-Townsend machine.

[summer]

Hi TontoKowalski, Re your post #32 - Check out the AP article on post #9 in
THIS THREAD.

Someone recently posted a thread about the GOP successfully making inroads in FL with black voters - kinganamort, do you recall the title of that thread?