Why hasn't he ever come close?
Doesn't that strike you as...somehow meaningful?
Keyes has come closer than any other Conservative has (2000).
Since Reagan, why hasn't a Conservative won a Republican primary? Why hasn't one come close? Doesn't that strike you as meaningful?
It does strike me as meaningful, and it is why I am no longer a Republican (and why Keyes is no longer a Republican as well, I would suspect).
That's not true.
Senate Republican Primary Election Results, Maryland, 1992:
I guess you'll find this pretty meaningful.James H. Berry 3% John J. Bishop 4% Joseph I. Cassily 8% Joyce Friend-Nalepka 3% Herman J. Hannan 1% Stuart Hopkins 2% *Alan L. Keyes 46% Martha S. Klima 10% William H Krehnbrink 1% Scott L. Meredith 2% Ross Z. Pierpont 6% Edward R. Shannon 2% S Rob Sobhani 6% Romie A Sonqer 3% Eugene R Zarwell 3%Mr Keyes had 95,706 votes or 46 percent in the Republican contest with all 1,593 precincts reporting. His nearest challenger in the 15 candidate field was Baltimore County state Del. Martha Klima who received 20,075 votes or 10 percent.