If the LibTrib says it's 40 points, I say it's 20. They will literally lie, cheat, and steal to see their annointed Obama into office.
Posted on 08/22/2004 1:47:44 PM PDT by quidnunc
Alan Keyes said it would be an uphill climb when he agreed this month to be the emergency candidate for Illinois Republicans in the U.S. Senate race, but he may not have realized just how steep the ascent will have to be.
The nation's first Senate contest featuring two major party African-American candidates is beginning in lopsided fashion, with nearly two-thirds of voters indicating support for Democrat Barack Obama and less than one-quarter backing Keyes, according to a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll.
The poll suggests that Keyes' candidacy could hurt other Republicans in local and legislative races. Nearly three in ten voters said they were less likely to back GOP candidates because of the way party leaders went about settling on Keyes as their candidate, though 59 percent said it would make no difference.
Although Keyes came late to the race, a sizable number of voters said they had heard of the former presidential candidate. However, more than twice as many said they viewed him with disfavor as said they viewed him favorably, the survey found.
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Why wouldn't people be flocking to the candidacy of someone who has come out in favor of slavery reperations and eliminating the popular election of U.S. senators?
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KEyes probably won't win-but I know he will bring some conservative issues to the front.
Here goes the media again..trying to crucify him.
What we have now is a vast majority of Senators who are nothing but populists, serving in very powerful positions for seven years.
The founders had it right IMHO.
Hey folks, think big picture, and remember who the audience is. We have a pub talking reperations, and he is talking reform. He won't win, but he will confuse the opposition.
Keyes is a very crafty fellow. He may open a few minds in ChiTown.
Good opinion. A 'mine too' bump!
Well, this is quite an improvement.
Obama was up by 100 pts. before Keyes got into the race.
If I remember correctly, to this day there is some controversy about the ratification of that amendment.
So that means you probably won't waste your time posting on anymore Keyes threads?
The horse is dead right?
Popular election of senators is wrong... But so is slavery reparations.
I read what Keyes said on the subject and he was offering an alternative to reparations already proposed. It isn't one of his policies, it is one of his solutions to someone else's policies.
His goal is to demolish income taxes period.
But the media has been complicit in misconstruing Mr. Keyes statements to make him unpalatable to GOP voters.
And Senators are supposed to protect their states, and they can't do that if they must run for popular election. Oh, I don't think we'll ever go back to the way it used to be on that, but the debate should always be open because of the issue of state rights.
I understand the Founders wanted federal lawmakers to be under the tight control of the people through their state legislatures.
Do you think the 17th has worked more in favor of states' rights and the Citizens therein, or has it made the U.S. Senate more unresponsive to the will and wisdom of the state legislatures, creating an imbalance in federal government with a non-responsible, non-accountable power block with little or no input from the states directly?
Where is our 'republican form of government' we were promised?
If the LibTrib says it's 40 points, I say it's 20. They will literally lie, cheat, and steal to see their annointed Obama into office.
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The horse is dead right?
Well said. As you are well aware, the only people on the Right who think populism is good are those so far to the Right that they kiss the far Left right in the mouth.
So true. He might not be able to count on Kerry either.
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