Annoy the Washington Post, contribute to the Steele campaign

The Washington Post has endorsed Robert Ehrlich, the Republican Governor of Maryland, for re-election. Not long ago, it declined to endorse Michael Steele, Ehrlich’s Lt. Governor, for the U.S. Senate. Instead, it endorsed the Democrat, machine politico Ben Cardin.
I hope readers will excuse my cynicism, but I can’t help believing that the Post has made these endorsements with both eyes on the polls. The polls show Ehrlich (who certainly deserves to be re-elected) running well behind his opponent, but have Steele within striking distance of Cardin, and closing. Thus, the Post can appear fair-minded by endorsing a prominent Republican at little or no cost to what I take to be its agenda, control of government by liberal Democrats. Is it mere coincidence that four years ago, in a very close gubernatorial race, the Post endorsed the hopelessly lame Kathleen Kennedy Townsend over Ehrlich? I doubt it.
I knew Michael Steele when he was a paralegal at my former law firm, working his way through law school. He is an exceptional man and he’d make a fine Senator. Moreover, a Steele victory would virtually ensure that Senator Leahy would not become the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary, meaning that President Bush would continue to have a decent shot at confirming judges who follow the law, not their liberal policy preferences — judges like Janice Rogers Brown and William Pryor and (with luck) Supreme Court Justices like John Roberts and Samuel Alito.
Go here to annoy the Washington Post by contributing to the Steele campaign.

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