[FITZ]

KEYES ON THE TICKET WILL BRING CONSERVATIVES WHO WERE CONSIDERING STAYING HOME TO THE POLLS IN *DROVES*

That's what it seems like is likely to happen --- if the people who aren't pro-abortion liberals, now they have someone to vote for. If it was going to be that other candidate why would they bother to vote?

[cookcounty]

Yes, Keyes will definitely boost the dispirited conservatives of Illinois. It's an extra 150,000 votes for Bush in Illinois---at a minimum. And I wouldn't be shocked to see Keyes pull 25% of the African-American vote. He's much more in tune with their positions on social issues.