More Race-Baiting in Maryland

A campaign worker for Dem Senate Candidate Ben Cardin has been fired after injecting more race-baiting into the campaign:

A blog has apparently led to the firing of a staffer in the Ben Cardin for Senate campaign.

According to the Washington Times Insider Politics blog, a person labeling herself the 'Persuasionatrix' wrote that she was on the staff of a high profile, contested Senate campaign and was based in Baltimore.

Persuasionatrix wrote that staffers should pose holding Oreo brand cookies under the caption 'devouring the competition.'

Cardin, the ten-term white Congressman from the Baltimore area, is the Democratic candidate facing black Lieutenant Governor and Republican candidate Michael Steele.

There have been claims since Steele ran for lieutenant governor in 2002 that hecklers either showed or threw Oreo cookies during a debate in Baltimore. The cookies are small chocolate sandwiches with a middle filling of white icing. They have been used to symbolize black politicians and others critics believe are 'white' in their issue or cultural positioning despite black appearance.

The Cardin staffer also allegedly posted statements on her blog about not being able to fire a subordinate whose performance was inadequate because the junior worker was black.

This is mild compared to the attacks on Steele that I expect to see in the coming weeks.