Former presidential hopeful and talk-show host Alan Keyes has agreed to become Illinois Republicans' U.S. Senate candidate and will announce his intentions Sunday, a senior GOP official said Friday. Keyes, a resident of Maryland, would face rising Democrat star Barack Obama in the race for the seat of retiring Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, a Republican. The GOP was forced to look outside Illinois for a candidate after primary winner Jack Ryan dropped out in late June amid embarrassing sex club allegations in his divorce records and their second choice, former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, decided not to run.
Anyone who knows anything about him knows Alan Keyes is a far right wacko who will lose handily to Obama. Of course, the GOP really just want to put on a little show here by putting two black candidates against each other, going so far as to draft one from out of state. Speaking of, I find some of Keyes' past remarks about Hillary Clinton's run for Senate in New York quite interesting in light of his recent decision:
"I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent people there, so I certainly wouldn't imitate it."
Is hypocricy a requirement for Republican candidates now?
UPDATE: Though running for election to the senate, Keyes argues against election of senators.
Friday, August 06, 2004
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