It's hilarious that he has to beg people to pay HIS bills that HE ran up during the campaign. And this man is thinking about running for MD governor? NO WAY!

Yeah FredCoMD, if Michael Steele were a Democrat, George Soros would cover his debts via one of his shadow organizations.

Exactly Rufus!! I wonder if FredCoMD has any idea how much money it costs to even run a campaign....they probably didn't even vote!

Hey, this shouldn't be a surprise. It's perfectly in line with the "borrow and spend" philosophy of the Republican party majorities at the federal level that have seen the federal deficit skyrocket and the less-than-helping-hand Ehrlich and Steele had in trying to reduce the looming state budget crisis.

Yeah, FredCoMD, because Cardin relied on his own money to finance his campaign, as did O'Malley and every other Democrat. Oh, wait, that's not the case. Candidates get campaign donations to help finance their election. That's how it works.

The democrats will do whatever it takes to lock out Steele or any Republican. They have a bill to register felons, and are considering registering non-citizens. Of course they already control the *deceased* demographic in Baltimore...

Well, well...why isnt Erhlich helping his buddy Steele? He's making a ton from his deal with the NC law firm? Oh I get it...the GOP only cares about [deleted] like Steele when they want the black vote, otherwise they care nada. Maybe Erhlich could hire Steele as a janitor for one of his offices. Let this be a lesson for those [deleted] who vote for the GOP.

I wanted to use the Steele delivered my pizza today joke, but I guess the pizza boy has more money than Steele.

Steele has a good shot to beat O'Malley in 2010, take it to the bank. O'Malley's already squandered Ehrlich's surplus and there's all of that personal stuff about O'Malley that got swept under the rug, Steele won't let that happen again. Plus he takes away O'Malley's strong support from blacks.

Yeah, the guy who couldn't control his campaign finances and ended in debt is going to run Maryland better than MOM....and pigs have wings and tooth fairy is real. Dumb@ss.

Sign me up for Steele for Gov in 4! I think he would have been a better fit for Governor this last time than Ehrlich and Ehrlich would have been a better candidate for US Senate.
Steele could really make some changes on the state level: alot of his pet issues deal with state level issues, not national / federal issues. He could work on state education charter schools, and minority business at the state level.

It's the whole sorry state of campaign financing that needs to be fixed--all of these candidates are forced to raise and spend so much money and spend so little time talking to actual voters. And it prevents folks like me, who don't have wealthy connections or personal wealth, from even thinking about running. The answer for both sides is public financing of campaigns, so they're beholden to voters and not donors. Maryland is considering a bill to enact a voluntary full public financing system for state Senate and House races (not the Governor's race, but the same logic applies), modeled on systems in Arizona and Maine, and it's one fix that we all should support in order to regain control of the political campaign system.

Steele running for Maryland gov? Pleeze! His own Republicans don't even want him. He was wishing and hoping for head of the RNC and that didn't happen. Maybe he can return the trash cans for store credit.

Note to Steele: Hook up with some campaign money BEFORE campaigning.

why did he do such a poor job of balancing his check book? Why would anyone want to contribute to a losing Senate campaign?

If Ehrlich had taken a black running mate, the story would have been different. Many believe Ehrlich/Steel ticket will be a smashing hit in 2010.

Martin O'Malley is the first Governor in the history of Maryland who has lost his base so fast and so soon. Bringing rootless blacks from outside the state and stack the cabinet with Glendening clones has not helped O'Malley politically at all. Lt. Governor Brown is added pain in the butt who badmouths Martin O'Malley as a "Mayor Governor."

O'Malley is in the bad company of Glendening. Katie O'Malley must watch her husband's move carefully!

"We're not going to go forward without the governor," Miller said.

How many times was that said during Ehrlich's term?

Kevin, what exactly do you mean by "O'Malley is in the bad company of Glendening. Katie O'Malley must watch her husband's move carefully!"

Steele should beat O'Malley hands down in 2010, Ehrlich has a real shot at Senate, too. O'Malley's well on his way toward running MD into the ground, in less than 6 wks in office, he's even managed to turn Ehrlich's multimillion surplus into a multimillion dollar deficit, for goodness sake.

To Steele backers, put up or shut up. If you think he has an excellent chance at winning any political position in 2010, do a brother a solid and dip into your wallet. I am sure it will be money well spent. Maybe he will autograph one of his yard signs for you. You think those puppies work for nothing?

Incidentally Bullet Bob left behind the current deficit for whoever the Governor would be in 2007. He wanted to capmaign on a surplus, so surplus we had. Even if it meant taking money from one pocket and putting it in another.

Mr. Valis, not only will Michael Steele be able to cover his campaign debts, but he'll do so with legal contributions from United States citizens.

And that's just one additional point that separates him from Maryland Democrats.