GOP plan aggressive campaign for Cardin seat, Bongino rallies party elite in PG

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Vowing not to concede any ground to Senator Ben Cardin, Republican Party nominee Dan Bongino will rally top party leaders in Temple Hills tomorrow. His No More Neglect Rally hopes to play on the complaint by many residents that Cardin is like an absent father, comes around for what he want and then disappears when you need him.

Bongino will be joined by

Michael Steele – Fmr. Lt. Governor & Fmr. Chairman of the Republican National Committee

Nicolee Ambrose – Maryland Republican National Committeewoman &

Harry Alford – Founder/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday, June 27, 2012
12:00 p.m.
Thurgood Marshall Middle School
4909 Brinkley Road, Temple Hills, MD

http://www.bongino.com

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Black Senator from MD? Pres. Obama says NO!

Then-Senator Barack Obama, then- Rep Ben Cardin, and fmr. Rep. Mfume (Photo: Democratic Underground.com)

Today the Washington Post reported that in an email set to go out later this week, President Barack Obama, once the lone African-American in the US Senate, will endorse Ben Cardin for a second term. The endorsement this early in the campaign is expected to help blunt any possible challenge by State Senator C. Anthony Muse of Prince George’s County.

Cardin, who is in his first term, barely won the Democratic Primary in 2006 against former Congressman Kweisi Mfume of Baltimore by less than three percentage points. Cardin was stumped by Mfume in vote rich Prince George’s County and while Muse has far less name ID insiders don’t want to take a chance. Prince George’s County is home to the most democratic votes in the state of Maryland mainly because of its large African-American population.

This isn’t the first time Barack Obama has come to the aid of Ben Cardin. In 2006 after Cardin defeated Mfume in the primary, Democrats organized a Unity Rally at the University of Maryland – College Park in Prince George’s County. Party leaders worried that after Cardin had been defeated so soundly in Prince George’s during that primary by 52 points would be in danger of losing the general election against then-Lt. Governor Michael Steele, an African-American, who at the time lived in Prince George’s. In fact later in that campaign a group of somewhat prominent black elected officials in the county did endorse Michael Steele over Ben Cardin. The keynote speaker for that rally…then-Senator Barack Obama.

Read the full story from the Washington Post here.

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GOP is the New Black?

Is the GOP the new black? Well that is what a group of party activist coming to Prince George’s later this week hope will be the case. When the Raging Elephents arrive in Prince George’s on the 7th they plan to bring their mission to lead America’s “2nd Emancipation” in Maryland’s second largest jursidiction and one of America’s most wealth majority black counties. So who are the Raging Elephants?

The organization which is led by Apostle Claver of Texas says they are dedicated to educated black voters about the conservative cause through leading boot camps and other trainings around the country. Heather Olsen, Secretary of the PGGOP, says “I’m hopeful we will be able to adopt the Raging Elephants program in Prince George’s”, but she acknowledged, “that will depend on support from the committee, willingness to get involved on the part of volunteers, and availability of funding.”

The training which is open to all republicans will take place on January 7th at the office of the Republican Central Committee at 9420 Annapolis Road, Lanham, MD starting at 7PM.

The training will take place just weeks before fmr. Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, who became the first black chairman of the GOP two years ago, faces an uphill battle to keep his seat. How the potential of Steele being booted out of office might impact outreach to other blacks will have to be seen.

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