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...Senator because he is smart, thoughtful and pragmatic. He represents me, a Democrat with strong Christian values. He knows the struggle of trying to attain the American Dream and the difficulties of being an ethnic minority in America. It's as simple as that. Chong-Hwa Lee Derwood, Maryland...
...year when President Bush addressed the NAACP, Ken Mehlman made very big appeals to African Americans, and Republicans fielded a dazzling array of black candidates. But all of them, with the exception of Michael Steele, lost by large margins. Steele came close to beating his Democratic opponent in the Maryland Senate race, Ben Cardin, but black voters still went for Cardin by a three-to-one margin, according to the Washington Post. It's not that African Americans necessarily reject a Republican agenda, but that they suspect Republicans have no qualms about appealing to the lower instincts of bigots...
...jitters of a political class that has had too much caffeine and not enough sleep, but as the final hours tick down before polls start closing across the country, the biggest private worry among Democratic operatives is about their prospects in one of the bluest of blue states: Maryland. That's ironic in a year that has been so bad for Republicans almost everywhere else. But where most of the other key Senate races appear to be trending the Democrats' way, key officials say a last-minute surge by Maryland's Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele could be what stands...
...wins in New York, Ohio and Massachusetts helped lead the way. Attorney General Elliott Spitzer prevailed in New York, former Clinton aide DeVal Patrick won in Massachusetts and Ted Strickland cruised to victory in Ohio. The Democrats also took away Republican governorships in Arkansas, Maryland and Colorado...
...night since Bill Clinton won the White House in 1992, party officials waiting for the final results say it appears they will fall just short of taking back the Senate. Democrats have picked up Senate seats in Ohio, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania tonight and held onto Senate seats in Maryland and New Jersey-which means the fight for the Senate is coming down to just a handful of races: Montana, Missouri and Virginia. They are still hopeful that Democratic candidate James Webb will knock off Republican Senator George Allen in Virginia, in a race too close to call. But with...