J MHO, if I could get Alcee Hastings out of office, I wouldn't take a long time checking the adress of the man running against him. Now, if the "carpetbagger" was in a primary against another candidate who could get that job done, then by all means I'd go with the local boy...but in a Keyes' like situation - i'd be dancing in the streets if Hastings went down. And not give a rip if the one who beat him was from Mars.
The Republican lit into Obama for voting against a bill in Springfield earlier this year that would have allowed people who use handguns to fend off home invaders or attackers to argue self-defense as a possible legal defense against prosecution for violating any local anti-firearm possession ordinances.
The measure passed the Legislature with bi-partisan support, but Gov. Blagojevich vetoed it last week.
Keyes called Obama's vote against the measure an "appalling . . . lack of common sense."
Like you said, who cares if he is from out of state, what he says hits the ball out of the park === Go Keyes!!!