So who do you propose? This says nothing about there not being other intelligent people, good republicans, black conservatives, whatever, in Illinois. This is about the Illinois Republican party saying this is the best candidate.
It's a choice for Illinois.
Look, the play's been made, the call has gone out. your complaints are a day late and dollar short.
There is nothing inherently wrong with Illinois GOP choosing Keyes. The question is one of representation:
Can he represent the people of Illinois.
Fact is that he can do it better than Obama, but will
have to make that case.
residency is a small issue compared with the larger question of political philosophy etc.
I'm not FROM Illinois, so I would not presume to tell Illinois Republicans who to nominate . . . EXCEPT that it be one of their own. Is Illinois really so bankrupt of good candidates of ANY color that they cannot find one person to run against Obama? And if he's so "out there," it should be easy to find an opponent.
Exactly. I am a firm believer that people from other states shouldn't tell people who to select as their candidate; I certainly wouldn't want anybody messing around in North Carolina (although I wish somebody had warned us about Edwards......LOL)
All that being said, don't try to get us to go along with this "it's not the same." It is.
We had this same thing with Elizabeth Dole; and it was a little different with her; she was actually born and lived in North Carolina, and owns a home and property here; she came and stayed here with her mother in Salisbury at least twice a year. We just had to accept the fact that she hadn't lived here in years and go on from there; we didn't try to say she WASN'T a carpetbagger.