Cardin Wins
Michael Steele Has An Opponent
By Dan McLaughlin Posted in 2006 — Comments (4) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
With 93.3 percent of precincts reporting by 9 a.m. this morning, Cardin had 45.8 percent of the vote and Mfume had 37.7 percent.
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Mfume had appeared before his supporters shortly after 1:30 a.m. and all but conceded the race, calling Cardin his friend and saying that "he'll be a damn good senator."
The Post article downplays the racial divisions among Democrats in the primary; presumably, we will see exit polling and/or breakouts by district that will shine a little more light on exactly how racially polarized Maryland Democrats were in this race, in contrast to the largely white Maryland GOP's unity behind Michael Steele.
(See last night's open thread for more).
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Was never going to be anything else.
But it is winnable. The Dems need to clean up the black vote, and make sure it turns out. That will be hard for them when they have rejected a black candidate while the GOP has chosen one. The old scare stories about Republicans being racist won't have the usual traction.
A lot depends on Mfume. If he enthusiastically campaigns for Cardin this one is leaning Dem. If he sits it out it is tossup.
Quentin Langley
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is that Mfume will support (to some degree) Cardin, the concession certainly seemed amenable. The notion that Mfume would support Steele over Cardin seems like wishful thinking now.
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It was never my wishful thinking. I don't think it was ever credible. But he may sit on the sidelines or choose to campaign in other states.
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Cardin is going to have a significant lead over Steele right from the starting gate, right? That's what all polls seem to show.
Should be a tough race.
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