Mr. [Cornell Belcher, a pollster handpicked by Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean], recommended strong action. "Democrats must be aggressive, Steele is a unique challenge," he wrote. "Democrats can not afford to wait until after the primary election to knock Steele down. A persuasion campaign should start as soon as possible to discredit Steele as a viable candidate for the [black] community."

One of our liberal friends over at Room 8, Gatesmouth, took note of the story and take an "intellegencia" approach in attacking the NY Sun's "attack" on the Democratic Party.

Clearly, having a conservative broadsheet in New York City is a bad thing, according to Gatesmouth. It appears their ongoing position is still "Speech is free as long as it conforms with our beliefs, otherwise it's right-wing propoganda."

Democrats have a lot of soul searching to do if they are unable to present positions on issues that resonate with the people and simply attack republicans for being republicans. It's easy to be condescending and laugh at such a statement, since Democrats have a monopoly on New York City politics. But if the New York Republican Party starts to wake up and win some elections, maybe Democrats will begin to realize that not everyone should fall behind their authoritarian approach to speech and policy.

The New York Young Republican Party hopes that Michael Steele will remain above the Democrats attacks of Uncle Tom and Oreo cookie and wins the Maryland Senate seat. It will be a clear sign that the black vote is not to be bonded to the Democrats.