Via Join Cross who has a staff a bit perplexed by this one
Syverson doesn’t think voters are worried about social issues.
They note that Obama, who won his party’s spring primary, has a significant head start in campaigning and fund-raising. And state Sen. Dave Syverson, the Rockford Republican credited with luring Keyes into the race, argues that many voters aren’t even using social issues as the deciding factor.
The big issues are “jobs, the economy and national security,” he said. “Social issues are way down the level of priority in this election. In Illinois, right now people are going to be voting their pocketbooks much more than in other election years.”
This only brings up the question than, why did Syverson engineer Keyes’ candidacy even though Keyes sees Homeland Security as affected by abortion policy.