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To: phil_will1
Honestly - no. Illinois has slowly become a solid Dem state, and Keyes is considered an interloper by a lot of Ill residents. Obama will most likely win by 10-20%.

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.

4 posted on 08/08/2004 6:35:08 PM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: commish
That said, Keyes will blow the dabate wide open, and will force Obama to expose himself for the liberal he is.

Do you honestly think that, after the primary and his speech at the DNC, they don't know that by now?

7 posted on 08/08/2004 6:38:31 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
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To: commish

"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."

With that said, I think if the Illinois Republican Party thought about the future of Obama, then that was really smart.


8 posted on 08/08/2004 6:39:03 PM PDT by The Seeker of Knowlege
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To: commish
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.

Good point. I do loathe what the 17th amendment has done to the nature of our Republic.

13 posted on 08/08/2004 6:47:23 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: commish

Yes.Keyes will deny Obama a free ride and smoke him out as a doctrinaire liberal...even though
he has no realistic chance of winning.


43 posted on 08/08/2004 9:13:48 PM PDT by Bushbacker
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To: commish

Even the Chicago Bulls have a chance at the start. it will depend on who listens to the facts, and if they load Keyes up with the proper info on Dem corruption in the state of illinois, as the dems did with George Ryan.

The corruption of the truck for hire scanda, and the no bid contracts in city hall would be a great opener, while debating the family values and the war on the U.S. by terror nations and the U.N., Keyes can really score.

Ops4 God BLess America!


73 posted on 08/09/2004 11:12:30 AM PDT by OPS4
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