Steele For Senate

Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele announced today that he intends to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Paul Sarbanes.

This is great news, not only for Maryland residents like yours truly, but for Americans in general who yearn for the day when we have 100 U.S. senators who at any one time possess virtues of character and integrity so often lacking in our politicians. If elected, Mike Steele would get us one closer to that goal.

Steele's speech today was similar to the one he gave during the Republican National Convention last year, which just so happened to be my favorite one of the entire event. I've never met Mr. Steele, but there was just something about his convictions and sincerity emanating from his speech that convinced me this guy was going to be more than just the lieutenant governor from Maryland.

Maryland almost has to get more conservative with the retirement alone of Paul Sarbanes, who, along with Barbara Mikulski, is one of the most liberal senators in the country. Power Line's Paul Mirengoff wrote earlier today that Steele is polling ahead of potential challenger Kweisi Mfume but behind Rep. Ben Cardin, who will probably beat Mfume in the primary. A Cardin victory would almost certainly guarantee another liberal vote in Congress favoring legislation supporting things like universal health care, "living wage" laws, more environmental regulations, and bans on "outsourcing."

Put simply, Marylanders who savor liberty and freedom will do well to consider what a pro-small business, pro-growth, small-government Sen. Steele would mean both to their state and to the country.