Ask a Republican which single 2006 political race is most important to win, and you’ll probably hear a couple of different answers.
Conservative hearts will break if one of their golden boys, two-term senator Rick Santorum, doesn’t come from behind in Pennsylvania. Party supporters who are tired of casual and knee-jerk accusations of racism will rejoice if voters elect African-American Republicans Ohio gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann, or Maryland Senate candidate Michael Steele. The party would hate to lose very winnable Senate races in Tennessee, Minnesota, Missouri or Montana.
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