Two-Sided Candidates? More Like Two-Faced

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Will the real Michael S. Steele and James H. Webb Jr. for that matter please step forward? Given the topsy-turvy U.S. senatorial races in Maryland and Virginia, who could blame voters for scratching their heads while trying to figure out when a Democrat is a Republican or a Republican is a Democrat?

Or, more to the point, when a politician identifies himself with a certain political party, can he then claim to be "an independent thinker"?

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Two-Sided Candidates? More Like Two-Faced

Mr. Steele, a Republican seeking to replace retiring Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes in Maryland, threw himself onto the press grilling pit earlier this week. He forked up a few choice and disparaging remarks about his "homeboy," President Bush, and his "scarlet letter...

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