Bernstein is done. Mfume's name will lend the last bit of necessary horsepower to Jessamy's otherwise shameless campaign of race hustling.

Between Mfume, Cummings, and all the black preachers this Sunday, Bernstein doesn't stand a chance.

The Black community will preach solidarity for Tuesday; then, shortly thereafter, will set about looking for "who's at fault" when the revolving door continues to spin.

I am, and have always been, duly impressed with Kwesi Mfume. Say what you want, the man is sharp.

Too bad he's chosen to stand beside Fat Pat and her blatant racial hucksterism.

As a colorblind American it's very frustrating to me the way identity politics continues to play a role in how people vote.

I've talked to friends who I thought were colorblind, but they've admitted that when push comes to shove even they will they fall back on "we have to stick together." They continue to label themselves by something so irrational and arbitrary as their skin tone, but then are unhappy when others label them that way. It's nonsensical and I wish everybody would just stop.

And lawbreakers are lawbreakers, and I can't figure out why anybody would have an issue locking them up if that's the legally stated punishment, or why extremely-low-tolerance for lawbreaking is a bad thing. Is it better to have a moderate tolerance for it, or a high tolerance for it? I don't get it.

I wonder how many of her "supporters" were actually Assistant State's Attorneys who were implicitly ordered to show up?

The fact that Mfume is there just shows that her only argument is "vote for me because I'm black." What does Mfume know about the Baltimore City criminal court/justice system? Nothing. (for that matter, what does Elijah Cummings?) They support her due to her race only. You notice no one who actually practices in the system she works in (except for maybe Frank Conaway and a few hamstrung assistant prosecutors) actually says she does a good job.

You go Mfume! We all want what is best for Baltimore. Black people understand what works in the Black community and Whites understand what works in white communities. At the end of the day an ounce of prevention is worth a 1000X more than a pound of cure. Ms. Jessamy is a HERO! She has done so much to make Baltimore safer and understands the community. Bernstein can go back to helping protect peoples rights and defending them while making lots of money at it. Last campaign he wrote Jessamy a big campaign donation check, and I'm sure in the next campaign he will write her an even bigger one!

I wonder she will owe him for backing her. I know personally that Mfume forget people that helped him when he was running for office. Guess he decided to now try and pay back some of the IOU'S

I have a ton of personal respect for Kweisi Mfume and pay attention when he talks. However, I am of the belief that when something is not working, and in fact is woefully disfunctional, it's time for a change in leadership.

Baltimore has the fourth highest murder rate of any large city in the country. What the supporters are asking me to believe is that this is everyone else's fault but not that of anyone in the State Attorney's office. Even as we've had recent high-profile murders committed by people who should never have been let back on the streets - for reasons not related to the quality of the evidence gathered during their arrest.

We need to move beyond "us vs. them." This is a question of whether what's going on now is working. If anyone thinks that the current system is working, they need to pay much closer attention.

"If you talk to most African American men in this city, they can tell you that one slip - one slip - and they may have been sitting in a prison somewhere. It's not about being nice on crime and easy on crime. It's about balance. It's about fairness. It's about seeing that every child has the potential to be what God meant for them to be." REALLY?!?! 1. Jessamy helped to create the very system that allows the people to have one slip and sit in prison. She is part of a chain of successors for the last 30 years. If they don't see that then they aren't color blind, they are just blind with power 2. Is it her job to carry out God's potential work? Politicking with a bible in the hand. This is either a nightmare either a horrific joke.

those endorsing jessamy don't live in the crime infested areas

These people are idiots. Even if Bernstein wanted to, he could not put every black man in Baltimore in jail for a first offense. There are sentencing guidelines, and no judge will sentence above the guidelines (most sentence well below the guidelines, even on a non-first offense). The only way a "black man" (or any other man or woman) who "slips up once" is going to jail is if their "slipup" involved killing someone or seriously harming them. Once again, Mrs. Jessamy is relying on fear mongering and race baiting to get into office, because she can't do it honestly. Too bad it will probably win with the uneducated masses, because there are more of them than there are well-read and intelligent people (of either race).

@Born in B'more: Gee, Marty Burns, why don't you just post under your real name. We all know you are Team Jessamy.

BrettG, I don't think name-calling helps anyone.

That's it? 100 people? Even with "stars" like Mfume and Cummings to rally the troops? Not exactly a groundswell of support, mirroring Jessamy's lackluster fundraising effort. The truth is, she's yesterday's news. Today, and the future, is Bernstein.

@ Born in B'more. What a fool you are saying. "Black people understand what works in the Black community." People are people, dolt. And by the way, glad it's working out for you in the black community in Baltimore. I would love to see how you measure failure if you measure this result as success. By all means, continue to shroud yourself in ignorance and a brown-colored view of life. Fool.

Mfume doesn't even live in the city anymore. He's said so himself.

Like many others, I also have a lot of respect for Mfume. I can't believe that he is supporting Jessamy here though. She has been a failure for all communities in Baltimore especially the African American community.

Cummings is the fool that thinks terminal cancer patients should go to jail for smoking pot. As someone who went through chemotherapy & radiation I wonder if he got cancer how fast the boy would have a blunt in his face.

Anybody supporting Jessamy has lost my vote period.

what did MFOOLme do for the city--really-name one thing. The Harbor was another mayor's success. For him to support 15 years of continued release of repeat offenders-imho-is disgraceful. Patty will have a pension to fall back on

It amazes me at all of the politicians that come out during election year to talk about fighting crime. Every two years, the same people say the same things. When are we, the people, going to get smart and realize that those people we keep electing are complete failures at doing anything about crime? Probably never.

Leave it to MFume and Cummings to turn it all racial. Why is it called "racial pride" is racism.