Keys carpet-bagged his way into the election and was viewed as an opportunist looking for an easy victory. Yes, he is conservative but in addition to the carpet-bagging problem, he had no voting base in Illinois and I'm sure his fire-brand conservativism turned alot of fence-sitters off. JMHO.
Keys is a joke who would have lost a one-man race against himself.
"Yes, he is conservative but in addition to the carpet-bagging problem, he had no voting base in Illinois and I'm sure his fire-brand conservativism turned alot of fence-sitters off."
For all the sucking up people do to the guy around here, there's one other major problem with him. He sounds like the mayor of the Munchkin City! It's pretty easy for grassroots Rats to call that guy an Uncle Tom--he sounds like he just got done eating a huge bag of Wonder Bread smeared with Skippy, washing it down with a cold glass of milk and a plate of delicious Oreo cookies, then huffing a gallon of helium. I'm sure it played a role in his crushing defeat. JMHO.