[Gelato]

A state that elected Dick Durbin will NOT elect Alan Keyes, especially after he tells the voters that most of them are moral reprobates.

Ah, but they did elect Fitzgerald, Hastert, and Hyde--all good men.

I think Keyes will attract a lot of the good, decent Illinois residents who have been disillusioned for the past decade and a half. Remember, in 1992, more Illinoisians voted against Clinton than for him, yet he won their state. Since that time, voting turnout has declined below the national average.

A win in Illinois will be difficult, but not impossible. The state has corruption in many places, to be sure, but I think the heart of Illinois is a decent heart.

[cookcounty]

ALL politics is SO corrupt in Illinois, that a lot of us will consider it a PLUS that Keyes has no political past in Illinois. Maybe he's the guy to start cleaning this bi-partisan PIG STY.