I am from Illinois and Obama has a reputation for... well... NOTHING.
He did NOTHING but advocate for typically socialsit ideas. He is an entirely empty suit.
have all of the Keyes Obama senatorial debates on audio. Whenever anyone challenges me to defend my assertations of Obama as one who is philosophically vapid, I ask them to hear the debates and observe Alan Keyes run intellectual rings around Obama. It made no diff in the election though. The state GOP led by RINO Judy Barr Topinka (than State party Chairman) was busily torpedoing his candidacy, and the MSM was annointing him over carpetbagger Keyes. Alan really did shut him out in the debates though.