I'm not sure what the "Not always Fred," referred to. As I stated, " ...parties are representatives of a general point of view, i.e. Democrats-Liberal, Republicans-Conservative." Of course one could argue that Republicans seldom stick to a Conservative view in reality."

We are not all that much apart in our beliefs. I can understand the situation with the Sheriff's position, but I'm not sure about your reference to Scott Walker. That he's a Conservative is well understood by me. Whether or not he would have won his first election is a little confusing to me, are you referring to the county executive position of the governors? He won his recall election because he was a Conservative that cut taxes, threw out the unions and managed to have a surplus.

As to Clark having an advantage as a black man would depend on whether the county has a larger black population or not. In the past two elections, black conservatives have done fairly well. Granted that there are few of them, but when they are they usually get a high percentage of the white vote. That's not always true, maryland with a large black city (Baltimore) population is the perfect example where a conservative whether black or white has little chance of winning.

Fred