But to compare Obama to a “slaveholder” is pushing the envelope for, we trust, most Illinoisans. We won’t even get into Keyes’ contention that a vote for him is a “victory . . . for God,” as he concluded in his acceptance speech last Sunday.
So far, we haven’t seen much in the way of stimulating ideas from Keyes. The “God is on my side” assertions, and accusations that Barack Obama is aligned with slaveholders are the kind of off-the-wall rhetoric that will turn away reasonable people. It may fire up some of those on the extremes of the political spectrum, and that might stimulate some fundraising. But it won’t win an election, and it might leave the Illinois Republican Party in even worse shape than it already is ? if that’s possible.
This is going to be very bad for the Ill Republican party. They picked the worse, most unwinnable of them all (thinly veneered racist move) to turn the party hard right. Are these folks going to be okay with losing not just the Senate but the Presidency?Illinois just turned a solid shade of blue.