It's Not Really a Challenge
Stephen Maynard Caliendo, a political scientist at North Central College in Naperville, Ill., weighed in on the MD Senate Race: "Michael Steele in the ad was really appealing to black voters. He was basically trying to say, 'It's OK to vote for me, even though I'm a Republican, because I'm black."
If that's Steele's message, yikes. I would think that you'd see a list of accomplishments on Steele's site (other than education). But there's nothing. So it really boiling down to voting based on race and promises. I don't remember Steele being all about African-Americans before he decided to run, and nothing about his past implies and Afro-centric agenda. So while he is black, there's enough doubt to whether he's for blacks.
As for his talk about changing Washington, well, he's in Maryland!! Why didn't he try to change the tone in DC earlier? DC isn't that far from Prince George's County; again, this is Steele addressing something now that he could have dealt with a long time ago.
Everything else is a complaint or a dodge. He says he'll talk about what's wrong in both parties, but what will he do about it? Will he vote for censure of a Republican or Democrat he feels he/she is out of line? How far is he willing to go? There's so many questions with this guy, but every answer boils down to "just trust me." Well, remember that Bush said the same thing too in 2000 when he was running as a "compassionate conservative."
In other words, it shouldn't be a challenge to black people at all.
If that's Steele's message, yikes. I would think that you'd see a list of accomplishments on Steele's site (other than education). But there's nothing. So it really boiling down to voting based on race and promises. I don't remember Steele being all about African-Americans before he decided to run, and nothing about his past implies and Afro-centric agenda. So while he is black, there's enough doubt to whether he's for blacks.
As for his talk about changing Washington, well, he's in Maryland!! Why didn't he try to change the tone in DC earlier? DC isn't that far from Prince George's County; again, this is Steele addressing something now that he could have dealt with a long time ago.
Everything else is a complaint or a dodge. He says he'll talk about what's wrong in both parties, but what will he do about it? Will he vote for censure of a Republican or Democrat he feels he/she is out of line? How far is he willing to go? There's so many questions with this guy, but every answer boils down to "just trust me." Well, remember that Bush said the same thing too in 2000 when he was running as a "compassionate conservative."
In other words, it shouldn't be a challenge to black people at all.
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