Hang him out to dry - he can't win, no matter how much $$$ is spent by the GOP. 
Is the GOP going to fund him or hang him out to dry?
They've always hung him out to dry before --- what would change? Keyes is excellent, I hope he never gives up.
I sent money to Thune.
I'm sending $$$$$$$$$$$ to Keyes!!
Good question!
Hang him out to dry - he can't win, no matter how much $$$ is spent by the GOP.
"Is the GOP going to fund him or hang him out to dry?"
I will fund him... not that my $50 will buy a tv ad, though...
Whether or not the GOP puts money behind him, conservative activists should. The GOP's funding decisions are based on a different calculus than the conservative base. FReepers should support him in any way we can. This election was never considered a likely GOP win, but with Keyes, it is certainly a great opportunity to diffuse the race card and score significant moral points for the conservative cause. It will also help to increase Bush's numbers in Illnois by energizing the conservative base.
Plus, its a great excuse for an autumn FReep trip to Chicago! Perhaps we can get Judge Moore, Vernon Robinson and other social conservative firebrands to make the trip as well.
...and hey, the good ambassador just might pull it off!
Re your #17:
"Is the GOP going to fund him or hang him out to dry?"
About a year ago Ed Gillespie alluded to the Manchester Union Leader (NH) that Ronald Regan was an embarassment to the new, progressive Republican Party.
And conservative Republicans had better just darned well get used to it, or go vote for Democrats from now on.
By extension, I think it is probably safe to assume that ANY pro-life Pro-Constitution minimal- government Conservative is quietly considered to be an embarassment and a piriah to the "new and improved" Republican Party as much as Regan was - although you wouldn't know that from the recent Regan Funeral, would you?
Of course Gillespie renounced his sentiments of general contempt for REGAN and his conservative ideaology on the LIMBAUGH show a few days after the Union Leader interview went public (here on the FR in the main, it seems) and the GOP came under a barrage of conservative outrage...
But I think that his track record over the past 3 years speaks a lot more clearly than his rhetoric.
It seems that only PC RINOs get much support from the RNC these days, and I expect that if Dr. KEYES gets any support to speak of at all it will come from the proverbial grass-roots little-people, not only in IL but from all over the Country. If Conservative Pubbies rely on Washington to support him, he will indeed, I opine, be "hung out to dry" on no uncertain terms.
I expect that President BUSH will avoid Allan like the plague, and I will be surprised if he even mentions him publicly. If KEYES beat out a darling RINO for the pubbie nomination, I would not be surprised if the RNC covertly does whatever it can to assure an OBAMA victory. I really do - that's about how much I trust Ed G. and the RNC lately.
Were I gainfully employed and in a position to finacially support any political cause, my money would go directly to IL and the KEYES campaign in stead of the RNC, who I stopped giving to even back when I was working... about the time Gillespie, in New Hampshire, disasociated the Republican Party from Ronaldus Magnus - one of the greatest Leaders of the Free World IMHO - as the beloved old "Gipper" lay on his deathbed in California.
And I will henceforth, in all probablility, have about as much respect for Ed Gillespie as I do for Bill Klinton. And that's that.
So it will indeed be a miracle if Dr. K. prevails over the Dem's darling in IL... but most of us know who to approach for miracles, don't we? (And It sure as h@!! ain't Ed Gillespie, is it?!)
But either way, It's gonna be interesting.
Kudos to Dr. KEYES for stepping up to the plate again!
If Keyes showed any sign of winning, the RINO leadership would start funding Obama.
Good God I hope not. I actually want to control the Senate after this election. There money would be spent a WHOOLLLEEEE lot better in South Dakota, Florida, North Carolina, Washington, Wisconsin, Lousiana, Alaska, Colorado, Oaklahoma, and South Carolina.
Once all those are sewn up as sure things, then sure! Send Keys what's left.