Steele endorses Mfume

Well, kind of. From The Baltimore Sun:

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kweisi Mfume was fielding questions on WBAL radio when the leading Republican contender phoned in.But instead of a scrap, what ensued was a cross-party love feast. Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, the GOP's likely nominee for Senate, said he wanted WBAL listeners to know just how fond he was of Mfume. Steele spoke glowingly about a recent speech on economics and development given by Mfume, a former congressman and national president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

"When he got done, I went up to him, I said, 'Yo, brother, you sound like a Republican,'" Steele recounted last month on the Ron Smith Show. "He just looked at me and started laughing. I said, you know, so we have this kind of relationship that is a good one, it's a strong one. I think it's good for Maryland. You have two, you know, smart, energetic, African-Americans running for the United States Senate. I think that's exciting for our state. It's certainly exciting for the country."

If you weren't around Sixers on Friday, here's why Steele made this call...the African-American vote in Maryland is up for grabs if Mfume doesn't win the Democratic primary.