In Maryland's hotly contested Democratic Primary race for the nomination to replace retiring Demcratic Senator Paul Sarbanes and oppose Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele in the fall, Kweisi Mfume just got a boost from the former Governor. Andrew Green of The Baltimore Sun reports:
On the City Dock, he made his first public endorsement of the year, giving his support to Democrat Kweisi Mfume in the U.S. Senate primary.
"I thought about this over the last several months: Who do I want on the floor of the U.S. Senate?" Glendening said. "I want somebody aggressively, passionately fighting for things that are critical to our future."Glendening's emergence led many in the state's political community to wonder: Does a man who left office four years ago amid a sex scandal and a budget crisis, whose proteges in the last election all lost, still command much of a following in Maryland?
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This gives Mfume another lift in his catch-up campaign against Rep. Benjamin Cardin. The two men are considered the only viable candidates in the five-way primary field.
It doesn't hurt Steele, either, as early polling showed him running a dead heat with Mfume, while behind Cardin.
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I seem to have read somewhe... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Ken Hupp | August 25, 2006 9:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I seem to have read somewhere that the Baltimore Sun thought this story was important enough to cover. Yet they couldn't be bothered with covering Michael Steele's event where he was formally endorsed by hip-hop mogule and prominent Democrat activist Russell Simmons that drew a huge, enthusiastic crowd. Gee, you don't suppose the Sun has a favorite in this race, do you?
Ken
1. Posted by Ken Hupp | August 25, 2006 9:05 PM |
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Posted on August 25, 2006 21:05