What’s wrong with that picture is that the buffoonish Alan Keyes was added to equation in 2004, guaranteeing Obama would win the Senate seat by a landslide without even bothering to campaign in Illinois. So instead, he whiled away the campaign season by running around the country serving as a very charismatic and effective speaker at fundraisers for *other* Democratic candidates. THAT is what shot him to political stardom so quickly. Remember that, next time people are trying to tell you how great it is that some wild-eyed religious/conservative fanatic is running on the Republican ticket for a national office. Sometimes unelectable candidates aren’t just unelectable, but also politically very, very damaging.
And by the way....Alan Keyes is a great man.
A much better man than someone who spends taxpayer money on a date.