WALLACE: Lieutenant Governor Steele(BLACKMAN), almost 30 percent of voters in Maryland are African-American, and you are winning a lot more support from blacks than Maryland Republicans usually do, but this week Senator Barack Obama campaigned with your opponent, with Congressman Cardin(WHITEMAN) , and here's what he had to say.
U.S. SENATOR BARACK OBAMA, D-ILL.: I don't want anybody voting for me because of what I look like. I don't want you voting for somebody because of what they look like.
WALLACE: Given that a Steele victory would almost ensure that the Republicans would retain control of the U.S. Senate, why should Maryland blacks vote for a Senate victory, vote Republican on election day?
STEELE: Well, I'm not asking them to vote Republican. I'm asking them to vote for me. And you know, Barack Obama is entitled to his opinion, and we'll discuss that when we meet on the Senate floor.
Partial transcript of the Nov. 5, 2006, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace":
FOR THE BLACK PEOPLE, HUH?
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