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The Washington Post is reporting that Black Democrats, party leaders and Democrat businessmen in Maryland are breaking ranks with the Democrat Party and endorsing Republican Senatorial candidate Michael Steele.

A coalition of black Democratic political leaders from Prince George’s County led by former county executive Wayne K. Curry endorsed Republican Michael S. Steele’s bid for the U.S. Senate yesterday.

The support from Curry, five County Council members and others barely a week before Election Day reflects their continued disappointment that the Democratic Party has no African American candidates at the top of the ticket and a sense that the county is being ignored, officials said.

“They show us a pie, but we never get a slice,” said Major F. Riddick Jr., a former aide to then-Gov. Parris N. Glendening and a former county executive candidate. “We are here today to say we’ve waited and we’ve waited and we’re waiting no longer.”

Quick, no take backs!!

I am going to preface this discussion with a glimmer of hope that others start to realize that Democrat promises of helping minorities and victims is nothing more than lip service. The Democrats are nothing without either and their hold on power rests on their ability to perpetuate the state of being a victim.

One does get the impression that the Washington Post grudgingly reported this news. First of all it is on page B01. News like this would almost certainly be above the fold on page A01 if the circumstances were the other way around.

The Post writers also went out of their way to print a Democrat response and defense of the party break.

Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin, was more skeptical. “The endorsements will not make Prince George’s County residents forget that Michael Steele is George W. Bush’s handpicked candidate,” he said.

I find this a bit disingenuous. Election year politics remind us once again that papers like the New York Times and the Washington Post do more campaigning than reporting. I suppose one can make an argument that the Democrat response is news but I find it more than simple reporting on the response.

For instance, the following quote from University of Maryland political science professor Ron Walters is nothing more than a gratuitous plug.

Walters said the Prince George’s politicians made an “audacious” move by putting local interests above national ones since a Steele victory could keep the Senate in Republican hands.

I suppose one could find merit in this statement considering that the article doesn’t meet the requirements that would normally allow for a quote from a Republican voter who is breaking ranks with the Republican Party. This will serve the purpose just fine.

Nonetheless I’ll take what I can get. It is good news to see such a story break so close to the election. Now if only we could get them to mention how staffers working for Democrat Rep. Chuck Schumer stole Mr. Steele’s identity in an attempt to get his credit report. That would be news.

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