Cardin Defeats Steele

Now Steele is just another American who lost his job because of Bush!

Cardin did it the old fashioned way, he won on the issues. From the Sun:

Cardin also had the edge on issues of interest to Marylanders. Nearly two-thirds of voters yesterday said they disapproved of the war in Iraq, and nearly half said they disapproved strongly, according to exit polls conducted for news organizations by Edison Media Research/Mitofsky International. About one-third said the war was extremely important in deciding their vote in the Senate race.

Cardin voted against the 2002 Iraq war resolution, and has described plans to begin withdrawing U.S. troops.

The congressman's views on several social issues - including his support for embryonic stem cell research, featured prominently in a television ad starring the actor Michael J. Fox - also appeared to help him. Steele, a former Catholic seminarian, opposes both abortion and embryonic stem cell research that destroys the embryo.

When Democrats can keep the campaigns focused on real issues, instead of personalities and fear-mongering, they win.

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