He has never won an election. At some point, winning DOES matter. There are effective ways to work to hold the party on a rightwards tack, but taking issue with the GOP wresting the Swimmer's old seat away from the Dems is not one of them, quite frankly. It reeks of Keyes being an attention whore.
Rush Limbaugh is an embarrassment today. I'm hoping his glee is over Obama’s crushing defeat, and not having Mitt Romney Jr. elected to the Senate.
Winning requires compromise. That's not what Alan Keyes does. If you look back to the 2000 primary, he won every debate without winning a single delegate. Of course he knew he wasn't going to win. But he elevated the campaigns, put the abortion issue on the front burner and forced the other candidates to address it in depth. He made Bush a stronger candidate and probably helped him win that election.
There is utility in what Alan Keyes does. Personally, I think "purists" play an essential role. That's why I have such a high regard for Ambassador Keyes, even though I'm well aware he'll never win a popular election.
And for anyone suggesting he's trying to sabotage the party, I'd like to point out that this piece was written the day after Scott Brown's victory, not before.