Does he have a chance?
YES!!!!
That said, Keyes will blow the dabate wide open, and will force Obama to expose himself for the liberal he is. It won't help Keyes win, but what it will do is take the "shine" off of Obama on a National Level.
Obama's appearance at the DNC has made him a rising star, and has painted him as a "moderate" in the national press -- Keyes will force Obama to move himself to the left and hopefully Republican's can use that against Obama in the future when he runs for National Office.
Beats me, I don't know Illinois politics, but I am willing to bet he is the best possible chance Republicans have. It would be great to see a principled man like Keyes in office.
No.
We've talked about this on other threads, but I think this is a very bad idea. Keyes couldn't even win in his own state, and he'll not advance his cause by being the first(?) to lose a Senate run in two states. Why should anyone take him seriously after that?
That, and if we're going to be honest we can't use the "carbetbagger" tag against Hillary.
Sure, he'll get some press in the short term, but in the long term he only hurts his own ability to get the message out there.
Bad idea all around. The Illinois GOP is stocked with losers, top to bottom.
No. But the debates should interesting.
I was at his announcement rally in Arlington Hts, and I tell you the expected crowd was to be 300-400 tops, they rented a ballroom for that amount and I tell you it spilled outside, there were about 1000 of us! I'd say probably close to a dozen Freepers -g- And mayhaps 5-6 protestors -g-
You can find my after report here and a pic or two my son took and made into poster's -g-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1183755/posts?page=3444#3444
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1183755/posts?page=3453#3453
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1183755/posts?page=3456#3456
No. He is a loser, big time four way loser.