Could be, if this continues:

The Maryland Democratic Party's traditional support among blacks appears to be slipping, now that hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons -- who has helped register thousands of Democratic voters -- has endorsed Republican Michael S. Steele for the U.S. Senate.

Mr. Simmons is scheduled to hold a fundraiser tonight at Baltimore's Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park for Mr. Steele, the lieutenant governor and the first black to win a statewide office in Maryland.

"Russell Simmons is one of the leading progressive voices in America," said Donna Brazile, who managed Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign.

"This is a major endorsement for Lieutenant Governor Steele that will help him attract young people, as well as black voters," Ms. Brazile said. "Once again, this should serve as a wake-up call to Democrats not to take their most loyal constituents and voters for granted."

20% That is all the GOP has to attain among black voters and the Democrats are sunk nationwide. The Democrats know this, and that is why they so use such desperate, hate-filled, fear-mongering tactics to keep black Americans voting Democratic. So desperate are the Democrats, they have even stooped to crude, racial attacks on Steele.

I hope that black Americans start to come home to the GOP - most black Americans, of course, being conservative Christians, and mostly in tune with Republican ideals. We GOPers blew it for decades in not addressing the concerns of America's black community, and I hope that with Steele in Maryland, we start to show we are in ernest in getting back in to black America's good graces.

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