[XJarhead]

Keyes may be a great guy with all the right views. But a carpetbagging (hey, that's what he is) "pro-life ultra conservative" black Republican is not going to win anything in Illinois. He'll likely get stomped. By carpetbagging his way into a state in which he doesn't live, especially considering his prior comments about Hillary, he loses credibility at the outset.

If even some conservatives are wondering "what the hell is he thinking", you can only imagine what non-conservatives must think: "Is this guy nuts to think he can win this?" And what really bothers me about that is that the kookiness of him running for an Illinois Senate seat makes him -- and hence his conservative views -- look kooky as well. The assumption out the gate is going to be that he's a nut, not that he's a serious, thoughtful guy.

I agree with Alan more often than not, but this was a bad, bad move. He's basically made himself into a joke, and done more harm to the cause than good.

[duckln]

Jarhead is a good name for you. Keyes has a good chance and he's no fool.

We need all the high profile people we can get and Alan will keep the party on track.

Jim R has it right!