And Keyes would be little help in the Senate and you're only speculating;you have absolutely NO proof of what he would or would not do.If the past is prologue,he's no team player;but none of will find out this go-round.He's going to lose and lose badly.
How has he turned off his base? Either way, I don't think he'll do well in the senate, for the same reasons that I think Rudy Giuliani won't either. There you have two people who DO NOT play well with others, and more than that, can only be in charge and not taking orders.
Oh, his base is quite energized.
He turns off liberals, this is true.
But he reaches young people and those who are not involved in the process when he gets the chance.
I've seen it a thousand times...disenchanted Dems, college kids, you name it, who have caught the idealism of the founding principles of America, and began to believe that there was and is hope for this country.
You preach a doctrine of negativism and defeat.
That is what turns people off, not Alan's words.
I've read much of what Ambassador Keyes has written over the last several years, and I've seen him speak on many occasions. He's pretty consistently pro-Consitution. And I think any such voice would be helpful in the Senate. I'm not so worried about getting another "team player" in the Upper Chamber; we've got plenty of those. What's needed are men of principle. I think he'll fire up conservatives, and will probably attract more black Democratic votes than any other Republican US Senate candidate in recent memory. Will he win? Dunno - but God Bless him.