Keyes can’t win the nomination. Keyes is an interesting person, a smart person, but he’s one of the worst candidates to ever find a way to get national attention. He simply lacks all of the necessary skills to run for office, he really needs to set his sights lower and win a couple of small elections first to learn how it’s done. So far the best he’s ever pulled is 38%, that’s simply not a candidate with a chance of winning the presidency.
I again respectfully disagree when you say that Keyes has never pulled more than 38%. In the 2000 campaign, he went down to the Alabama GOP delegates’ statewide meeting and spoke to them. He won an outright majority in their end-of-meeting preference vote.
As for whether he can win the nomination, well, it will sure take a lot of talking by folks who largely agree with him with folks who don’t know anything about him. If you think this election is important, then I urge you to talk about Dr. Keyes to folks you encounter throughout the day. Tell em about the videos on http://www.alankeyes.com — and urge them to tell others. I don’t expect any help from the liberal media, and its clear enough that even much of the conservative media has been reluctant to even mention his candidacy too.
I hope all the conservatives here who can’t find a candidate who represents their views will take a look at Alan Keyes. If you don’t support the only candidate still standing who actually represents your views, well, are you really so committed to standing up for your views? Lots of folks think McCain is just a happenstance away from a capsize moment like Dukakis had or Dean had. I don’t know how Keyes may win, but I do know that nobody in the race except Alan Keyes represents my views on the important issues that face us.