I'm just hoping Dems don't suffer in '06 due to black apathy if the Cardin/Mfume primary gets nasty and Cardin wins.
I can see a situation like this happening in Philadelphia come 2007. Say Jon Saidel or John Dougherty beats up on Chaka Fattah or Janine Blackwell. Blacks might stay home and I hate to say it Frank Rizzo Jr. could emerge as victor. The name Rizzo if some may recall is quite a popular name in the white parts of Philadelphia.
This type of thing is a big part of the reason the Democrats have lost the last 3 mayoral elections in New York, and appear likely to lose their fourth straight one this year.
In my opinion, it serves them right. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
I'm a Jon Saidel supporter and he is in my sig on the bottom left. He looks kinda nerdy and has a hairpiece, but is a great man. I know a lot of white Dems are supporting Johnny Doc because of the unions and the black Dems will be supporting either Fattah or Blackwell. Michael Nutter could also be in the mix and might do well with conservative Dems both black AND white. I would like to support an African American at some point but the field of candidates among them is not too impressive. Nutter is quite a DINO. The situation here is going to be very hairy.
It's a shame that race and poltics comes into play so much, but it does. I hate to say that Republicans are experts at picking African American candidates for various offices and can use it very well in our faces "see, see we pick minorities as well." Other than Barack Obama or Harold Ford, there are slim pickings on the Dems side. It seems the black face of our party is Al Sharpton and Maxine Waters and that could be a difficult thing to overcome for us.