I heard this guy speak for the first time yesterday -- Marc Steiner Show, WYPR-FM -- and he's got a smart, made-for-soundbites rap. (I tuned in just as a caller got on the line to say that, based on what he had heard so far in the show, he was NOT going to vote for Lichtman.) Lichtman is an anti-Iraq war Maryland Democrat -- aren't they all now? --  running for the Sarbanes seat, against Mfume and Cardin and others. He hasn't exactly been high profile around Baltimore, which is because he doesn't have much money and hasn't already been in office. (He's a history professor at American U.) Being an outsider -- particularly in contrast to long-time pol Cardin -- is part of Lichtman's pitch, however. He has an unconventional TV commercial -- jumping in the C&0 Canal in a business suit to "make a splash" -- that apparently aired in the DC area and on some national cable outlets in March, but I haven't seen it in this market. Lichtman said we will.  If you want to have a look, it can be found on the Lichtman for Senate web site. http://www.allanlichtman.com/