He also has zero chance of winning.
He who can embrace all three pillars of Conservatism (Reagan Conservative) has the best chance of winning. That is *not* John McCain. His Giuliani gambit up the middle has proven to be unworkable, so since Saddleback he has falsely donned the mantle of Conservatism to try and pick up the base. Even with Palin, his support is weak, and he is in a bitter fight to win by a point or two (if at all, which I doubt) BECAUSE he cannot bring home the Conservative base.
Alan Keyes, as a staunch Reaganite, has massive appeal among all three pillars naturally, and thereby has more potential than McCain BY FAR. His off-the-cuff answers will inspire by his very nature because he does not need to be schooled in what to say, nor does he have to make promises he does not intend to keep. His answers are right because they come from his heart.
All that he lacks, as is the case with Hunter, and every other Conservative, is attention, as is plainly made evident by Palin's ascension. This country hungers for the Conservative message, but it is being stifled and controlled in order to keep those who have hijacked it's tenets and bastardized them in power.
In my mind, it's MUCH more important to defeat Obama at this point than to have a hissy fit because McCain ain't perfect.
"Duty is ours; results are God's" -John Quincy Adams
Our fathers considered parties to be a necessary evil, but stressed a vote of conscience. IOW, it is our duty to elect the best man, not the most electable, not against the most abhorrent, no weighting of abstract factors.
It is precisely your frame of mind that allows our country to continue to spin hopelessly toward socialism- the election of either evil, or the lesser evil, becoming paramount- when Divine Providence has seen fit to supply us with the best man all the way along.
It is my best hope that Keyes emerges as a dark horse, and barring that, that McCain loses in monumental proportions, and that 0bama is every bit as bad as you believe him to be...
Not that I want what is sure to come, but it is better now, that the frog find some sense, and jump out of the boiling pot, as it were, while we still have a remembrance of liberty, and the arms to do something about it, than to wait another few years and find it gone by attrition.
Even now, those who don't remember Reagan do not know libertarianism, as it has not been present since his time- being rejected by the "compassionate conservatives". Even now, those that do not remember the Reaganites do not know supply-side economics and fiscal responsibility, because they have not been attended since the 94 Congress.
Conservatives are losing the battle- But not to the socialist left Democrats who we've been fighting. We're losing to the globalist left Bakerite Republicans. Electing McCain continues our demise. It is time to offer a clear alternative, and a clear, CONSERVATIVE message.