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McCain sweeps the Potomac primaries

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 12, 2008 · Comments (4)

This according to CNN. The polls closed in Maryland less than 30 minutes ago. Because of these results I expect much weeping and gnashing of teeth from certain quarters. Huckabee isn't going to get the GOP nomination nor anyone else but John McCain. Will MES crowd vote, however reluctantly for... [Full Story]

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A great day for Obama

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 12, 2008

He swept today's primaries- WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential primary in the District of Columbia, adding it to victories in Maryland and Virginia. That makes it eight straight triumphs for him since Super Tuesday over Hillary Rodham Clinton. I predicted earlier this year that Hillary would... [Full Story]

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All he wanted to do was register his opinion with Maryland's Governor

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 23, 2008

Instead Pete Pritchard called a phone sex line. CALVERT, Md. - A Cecil County man who phoned the governor's office with an opinion about the mortgage foreclosure debate realized he wasn't talking to a secretary when the woman who answered greeted him with a "Hi, sexy." Pete Pritchard of Calvert... [Full Story]

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Steele Is Looking Good

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: November 6, 2006 · Comments (7)

The Evans-Novak report has some good news regarding the Steele race. Maryland: The momentum in this race has all been going one way for weeks now. The problem is that for a Republican in Maryland, there is always such a long way to go. Not only has Lt. Gov. Michael... [Full Story]

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Maryland Senate - Cardin disses black leaders

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 3, 2006 · Comments (1)

The recent wave of endorsements of Republican nominee Lt. Gov. Michael Steele by prominent black officeholders and community leaders, especially from Prince George County (DC area), sent a shock wave through Democratic Party strategists. They decided their nominee, Rep. Ben Cardin, should go down there to stop the bleeding. He... [Full Story]

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Maryland Senate - And the winner is . . . Steele?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 2, 2006 · Comments (2)

Long believed one of the GOP's best hopes to take a Democratic Senate seat, Maryland Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele is gaining momentum. Even those who dismissed his chances a month or so ago are coming around. NRO's Jim Geraghty thinks Steele can win, quoting Bob Novak, the conservative equivalent... [Full Story]

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Steele is Looking Good

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: October 26, 2006 · Comments (1)

The more I see of Michael Steele, the more I like him. Not only has he reduced Ben Cardin to stammering in debates, but he has produced my favorite campaign ad of the season. My favorite exchange from the debate excerpts I saw had to do with all of Cardin's... [Full Story]

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I Can't Believe He Said That

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: October 18, 2006 · Comments (4)

It is hard to believe that Steny Hoyer doesn't have better sense than to say something like this about Michael Steele.Cardin, a dry and detailed-oriented career legislator, was upstaged at his Upper Marlboro event Sunday by the irrepressible Rep. Steny Hoyer, who did a comedy routine about the event's host,... [Full Story]

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Democrat Operative Filmed Steele's Personal Conversation With Grieving Parents of Soldiers Killed In Iraq

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: October 4, 2006 · Comments (3)

The following is the text of a letter sent today from Maryland Senate candidate Michael Steele to his opponent and other Democrat leaders:October 4, 2006 Dear Congressman Cardin, Governor Dean, Chairman Lierman and Senator Schumer: For several months, I have been trailed by Democrat operatives filming my public events. At... [Full Story]

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Maryland Senate - Dems step up attack ad buy

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 24, 2006 · Comments (4)

In a clear sign they are worried about Maryland's Senate seat, long thought safe for Democrats since the last reelection of liberal Republican Charles Mathias in 1980, national Democrats are preparing a earlier ad buy designed to counter Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele's rise to even in the polls against... [Full Story]

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A "United" Democratic Party with a "big tent": Subject Maryland Senate Race

Posted by Dr. Ed Torres · Published: September 21, 2006 · Comments (3)

While several African American leaders have endorsed liberal Ben Cardin, Kweisi Mfume has yet to endorse or appear with Cardin. I don't blame Mfume after the entire democratic establishment in Washington was against his canidacy. Meanwhile, I am hearing word that Mfume's son may endorse Steele. This is in no... [Full Story]

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More Trouble For Ben Cardin Over Persuasionatrix Blogger

Posted by Kevin · Published: September 17, 2006 · Comments (6)

The Associated Press is on the Persuasionatrix story, a story that we broke here at Wizbang Politics. They've neglected to mention our work or that of Jon Ward at The Washington Times Inside Politics Blog, but they've got most of the facts straight, aside from the bloggers identity. The... [Full Story]

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Secret Cardin Staffer Blog Exposed!

Posted by Kevin · Published: September 15, 2006 · Comments (30)

Just days after Rep. Ben Cardin won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maryland, Wizbang Politics has found the secret blog of a female Cardin staffer who has quite a bit to say about race, gender, and creepy old Jewish guys. It's not quite Washingtonienne, but Cardin's mystery staffer,... [Full Story]

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Maryland Primary results

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 12, 2006 · Comments (5)

In the race for the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes - With just over 24% of precincts reporting, Ben Cardin leads Kweisi Mfume by 9000 votes, or 45% - 37%. The official results aren't being posted yet, so I don't know the area. Mfume would need... [Full Story]

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Maryland Senate - NOW endorses Mfume

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 7, 2006 · Comments (3)

Adding another high-profile Democratic organization to his list, former Rep. Kweisi Mfume picked up the endorsement of the National Organization for Women yesterday. The Baltimore Sun reports: "Women's rights are being challenged in every arena, from equal pay at work to the right to use contraception at home," Kim Gandy,... [Full Story]

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Maryland Senate - More endorsements for Mfume

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 29, 2006 · Comments (1)

Last week we reported former Governor Paris Glendening's endorsement of Kweisi Mfume for the Democratic nomination to the US Senate seat being vacated by the retirement of incumbent Democrat Paul Sarbanes. Now Mfume adds the endorsements of the state's two black congressmen, as Jonathan E. Kaplan reports in The Hill:... [Full Story]

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Maryland Senate - Glendening backs Mfume

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 25, 2006 · Comments (1)

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... [Full Story]

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Maryland Senate - Rap mogul endorses Steele

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 24, 2006 · Comments (2)

This is HUGE. Jon Ward of the Washington Times reports: The Maryland Democratic Party's traditional support among blacks appears to be slipping, now that hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons -- who has helped register thousands of Democratic voters -- has endorsed Republican Michael S. Steele for the U.S. Senate. Mr. Simmons... [Full Story]

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Maryland Senate - poll shows steele competing

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 19, 2006 · Comments (2)

As the Democrats brawl in their bruising primary campaign to replace retiring Senator Paul Sarbanes (D) of Maryland, GOP nominee Lt. Gov. Michael Steele has quietly edged into competiveness with either of his likely opponents, a new Rasmussen Reports poll suggests: In the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the competitive... [Full Story]

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Cardin promises cancer cure

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 16, 2006 · Comments (4)

As far as campaign promises go, this one takes the cake. Rep. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), in a tight primary race against former Rep. Kweisi Mfume for the Senate seat vacated by the retiring Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes, will cure cancer by 2015. Doug Donovan of The Baltimore Sun reports: With... [Full Story]

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Maryland Senate Race

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 15, 2006

Kweisi Mfume is making great progress in his Democratic primary race in spite of a lack of support from the party establishment.Washington insider Vernon Jordan remembers the deafening silence from the Maryland Democratic Party when Kweisi Mfume announced his bid for the U.S. Senate more than a year ago. Jordan,... [Full Story]

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