Will Alan Keyes Bolt The GOP? (possible Constitution Party run)

Radar Online (New York) ^ | March 7, 2008 | Nick Curran

[Kurt Evans]

McCain - Keyes '08 ? (Probably not.)

McCain - Keyes '08 ? (Probably not.)

[Kurt Evans]

PBS presidential debate in Baltimore, MD:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980602/posts

Independents add interest to U.S. House race:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982356/posts

[bahblahbah]

Good, McCain won’t be losing out on many voters.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Keyes would mop the floor with McCain, as he did in 2000. If Keyes were to run as a third party candidate, expect the gatekeepers as usual to exclude Keyes from coming anywhere near the building of any of the Presidential debates .

[RoadKingSE]

As for what's next, a third party bid seems like a good bet.

Yeah, that'll energize the conservatives Alan. Sure.

[EternalVigilance]

"If you don't see the choice, be the choice." - Alan Keyes

[Freedom2specul8]

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[roamer_1]

Keyes would mop the floor with McCain, as he did in 2000.

Absolutely!

[Chunga]

In the November 2004 Illinois Senate election, Barack Obama received 70% of the vote to Alan Keyes's 27%, the largest electoral victory in Illinois history. Now he's thinking about running for President as a third party candidate?

What a great idea, Ambassador Keyes...you've never been elected to anything and it's good to see you're not missing the opportunity to keep your miserable record of abject failure intact!

[Defiant]

Keyes would do for the Constitution Party what he did for the GOP in Illinois.

Wrong man for the job. I like him for the most part, but he just rubs a lot of people the wrong way.

Still, he's the best of the 4 in the race.....

[EternalVigilance]

The republic is dead... but it can be resurrected...

[EternalVigilance]

The question is, what are you “winning” with your beloved “winners?”

[CounterCounterCulture]

The cloak of failure belongs rightly to the moronic voters who choose socialism and slavery over opportunity and freedom.

[MitchellC]

McCain stinks, but I humbly suggest we get involved with helping conservative candidates in other races instead of devoting our time, energy, money and other resources to no-shot 'statement' presidential candidates.

There are plenty of real opportunities to help good conservatives win elections around the country, and the conservatives that we do elect this year could be our farm league for future presidential nominees.

We even have one of our own, John Armor, running for Congress in the 11th District of North Carolina - and you know he's a conservative.

[roamer_1]

In the November 2004 Illinois Senate election, Barack Obama received 70% of the vote to Alan Keyes's 27%, the largest electoral victory in Illinois history. [...]

Wow. Yeah. A rock-ribbed, righter than right Conservative losing to a Communist in bright blue liberal Illinois. Who'da thunk it?

[fabian]

I know Alan speaks the truth for the most part, but he has really gotten pompous and ridiculous. I have heard him quite pushy and forcefull on talk radio when force wasn’t needed at all. And now he is possibly going to pull some voters away from McCain which could swing it to the democrats and we will be left with much more evil and no good supreme court appointments. What kind of sense does that make? I think he is simply angry at the weaknesses that he sees in the republican party and judges the hell out of it but that judgement is seen as righteous in his mind. I believe he needs some patience and then his strength won’t come out as anger and pushiness. If we can get a majority back in congress, great things could happen.

[Chunga]

The cloak of failure belongs rightly to the moronic voters who choose socialism and slavery over opportunity and freedom.

The cloak of idiocy belongs to anyone who advocates voting for a phony perennial candidate like Alan Keyes.

[txrangerette]

Your comments credit him with more than he deserves. There’s a screw loose somewhere in the Alan Keyes picture.

[Nateman]

Perhaps a website which lets liberals vote for Nader if we agree to vote for Keyes should be created?

[roamer_1]

And now he is possibly going to pull some voters away from McCain

Good, and rightly so. In fact, I would say there is a better chance of victory in November with the Reagan Conservative than with the Bakerite. Patriot, Conservative, Constitutional scholar versus the Traitorous Bastard... It isn't a hard choice for me to make.

Godspeed Alan Keyes! You'll have my vote!