I would definitely like to see more black Republicans elected (as well as more white Democrats, especially in heavily black areas), but candidates like Michael Steele and Ken Blackwell aren't going to cut it since they offer little rationale for voting for themselves other than their race.
Please don't put Mike Steele and Ken Blackwell in the same category. That's like putting Artur Davis and Cynthia McKinney in the same league.
Oh I agree completely that they are far from comparable overall, though in this case they did share that one thing in common.
Interestingly both did quite well for a Republican with black voters. Steele drew 25 percent of the black vote, and even Blackwell actually managed to get 20 percent. However Steele only barely won the white vote while Blackwell lost it by nearly 20 points.
