My only fear is that Keyes might literally pin down Obama as he tried to pin down Lamar Alexander. Keyes right now is getting a lot of attention and for all the efforts to paint him as a legitimate candidate, his schtick will wear thin with the press within a few weeks and he’ll be ignored. He’ll claim that is racism, but the reality is that the press only finds loons funny for a while and then they turn on them.
Rich Miller argues the National Republicans are going to be giving him cash to keep Obama pinned down. The problem with that? What if Keyes spends money near swing states—including Missouri with Metro East, Quincy, the Quad Cities and Wisconsin with the QC, Rockford and Chicago. All of a sudden a stark raving loon is on TV blasting away at everything and saying he is a proud Republican. Great swing state strategery there.
This isn’t a criticism of Rich–he probably has it right, but the national Republican have to be thinking about how that hits the larger audience.
Word from on-high is that the national Senate Republicans are planning to contribute lots of money to Republican US Senate candidate Alan Keyes.
It’s not that the national poobahs actually believe Keyes can win, mind you. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a sane person to predict that. Then again, what sane person could have predicted a month ago that Alan Keyes would be one of our US Senate candidates?
The national GOP’s main object is to keep Barack Obama pinned down in Illinois. And, with a little bit of money, Keyes will most likely complete that task .
There are a lot of theories floating around about why the Illinois Republicans chose Keyes. I’m not sure if any of them are completely true. And I’m pretty sure that some of them, whether true or not, are downright cock-eyed, particularly the whole notion that Keyes will help the Republicans take back the state Senate.
In terms of chaining himself to a building–if only Obama could get so lucky. The crazier Keyes acts, the more it builds up Obama’s dignified presence.