Alan Keyes' former campaign manager Bill Pascoe jokes that if he ever writes a behind-the-scenes book about the wildest three months in state political history he will use the title, "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time." Bring in an intelligent, articulate, famous conservative from Maryland, Keyes, as a pinch-hit U.S. Senate candidate to battle an intelligent, articulate, famous liberal Democrat from Hyde Park, Barack Obama. May the best ideology win! Keyes went on to get only 27 percent of the vote in November 2004, then refused to make the customary concession call to Obama on the grounds...