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sisyphusshruggedOn the one hand, I think the choice of Keyes was brilliant on the part of the Illinois Republicans. Before he was chosen, every paper had a story about Ryan or Obama or the desperately thin ranks of local Republican talent. They were bleeding to death, and that had to suppress turnout.
Since Keyes was chosen, all we've heard about is Keyes, and he's going to take the stench of defeat back with him to Maryland when he goes.
On the other hand, although it probably serves their purposes to cover him, he's such great copy. The colorblind party went halfway across the country to find an unqualified carpetbagger (who's on the record as being morally opposed to carpetbagging) with the right color skin to go up against Obama. God only knows (presumably Keyes has discussed it with Him at some length) why Keyes agreed to it.
It's a living, I guess.
In fairness, the media also doesn't ever ask how he's going to flap his arms and fly to the moon.
Since Keyes was chosen, all we've heard about is Keyes, and he's going to take the stench of defeat back with him to Maryland when he goes.
On the other hand, although it probably serves their purposes to cover him, he's such great copy. The colorblind party went halfway across the country to find an unqualified carpetbagger (who's on the record as being morally opposed to carpetbagging) with the right color skin to go up against Obama. God only knows (presumably Keyes has discussed it with Him at some length) why Keyes agreed to it.
It's a living, I guess.
Then it was on to the Talk Radio News Service to explain why he's not a carpetbagger and Hillary Rodham Clinton is.
Clinton won a Senate seat from New York, though she didn't hail from the state. Keyes, who has a home in Maryland, has rented an apartment in suburban Calumet City, Ill.
"She was imposing herself on the state of Illinois," Keyes said, his arm around host Alan Nathan's chair, his suit jacket buttons undone. Nathan jumped in to quickly correct him: "New York," he said.
Keyes was interviewed later by Eileen Byrne of Chicago's WLS-AM. He barked at Byrne, an avowed supporter, for asking him about the role of race--Keyes is an African-American, as is Obama--in his selection.
"You look at Alan Keyes and the only thing you're willing to see is race," he said. "Does the media ever ask how I'm going to get the Roman Catholic vote?"
In fairness, the media also doesn't ever ask how he's going to flap his arms and fly to the moon.
