Creative Logic

Well, if you don't have some way of beating a candidate, just throw something at the wall:

Maryland Democratic leaders are aiming to tie Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele to the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina to dampen his appeal among black voters in his U.S. Senate bid.

Under that curious creative logic, the Steele campaign could just as easily tie Ben Cardin to the response. Or to tie the Democratic nominee to the failure of the Louisiana state government (run by Democrats) to respond.

Of course, it is not hard to figure out that this Democratic strategy once again falls back an appeal to racial politics. Just goes to show how desperate the Democrats are in this open seat race.