Warming to the state GOP's apparent U.S. Senate candidate, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Friday he would work to get Alan Keyes elected, even lobbying President Bush to make Illinois a campaign destination. "When I am here, I am going to do what I can," Hastert told the Daily Herald editorial board in St. Charles. "I think it is part of my responsibility to help Keyes. … I think it's an important thing to do in Illinois." The Plano Republican stopped short of saying he would personally launch a statewide blitz for Keyes, who is expected to accept the Senate...
