From Berkowitz
If Keyes is to have a chance of winning, or even climbing into the 40 % vote range, [A much more mainstream, but less dynamic and very underfunded Republican Senate Candidate Jim Durkin, got 38% of the vote in 2002 against senior U. S. Senator Dick Durbin], he will need to do many more such speeches and engage in many more such conversations that adopt today?s style. Some of Keyes financial supporters, such as conservative Family Tax Network leader Jack Roeser, have been trying to persuade Senate Candidate Alan Keyes to focus a bit more on selling, and perhaps even a bit of a softer-sell. We?ll see if Ambassador Keyes wants to do that and if he can adopt a more diplomatic style.
Now connect this to the next bit:
Keyes, with only six days notice to City Club members and others, came pretty close to matching Senator Durbin, closing with 60 voicemail reservations last night and this morning. As Keyes? mentor and former boss, President Reagan, said in a different context, ?Not bad, not bad, not bad at all.?
Who wouldn’t want to see him go crazy live? With, you know, lots of folks to pull him off of you if he goes totally nuts.
As for conservatives like Roeser trying to tone down his routine–why would he start now? I mean, do you remember the Keyes eruptions in 2000 and 1996? You wanted him, you got him. Thank you. Thank you so much.