Voter Repellent

About two weeks ago, Alan Keyes was shipped from Maryland to Illinois via ground UPS in order to run for Senate. He came through pretty well, and didn't settle much in shipping, so things were looking up for an hour or two.

Then the early poll numbers showed that Keyes was only in the high 20s and more than 30 points behind Obama.

However, I was sure, that if he worked really hard to let the people of Illinois know more about himself and his beliefs he could drive those numbers even lower.

Alan I knew you could do it, you ol' whackjob.



Yes, less than a Quarter of the populace wants to vote for you Alan.

C'mon man, keep equating Abortion with 9/11 and getting rid of the direct election of senators -- and most of all keep that bloviator flappin' 24/7.

Oh, and you're doing just great with all sorts of folks:

Conservatives said they recruited the outspoken Keyes as someone who could eloquently make the case that Obama, a Democratic state senator from Hyde Park, was too liberal to represent the state. But the poll showed that more than half of voters said they mostly agreed with Obama's stance on issues, while less than one in five said they agreed with Keyes.

Even voters who described themselves as fairly conservative preferred Obama to Keyes by a margin of 49 percent to 40 percent.

Even the Conservatives know your are insane.

You are not even winning decisively with those who are in favor of pretty much getting rid of abortion:

And even among the group of voters who wanted more restrictions on abortion, 42 percent said they supported the election of Obama compared with 45 percent who favored Keyes. The rest said they were undecided or would vote for another candidate.

Oh, and that race card you've been playing. Wrong race, bad card.

Though blacks are a traditional Democratic constituency, GOP leaders were hoping that the selection of Keyes could help them make inroads into that community. But black crowds cheered Obama and widely jeered Keyes as they marched in the annual Bud Billiken Day parade on the South Side recently, and the poll indicates that the reactions were hardly a fluke.

Ninety-six percent of black voters said they backed the election of Obama and 90 percent said they held a favorable opinion of the Democrat. By contrast, only 3 percent of black voters said they viewed Keyes favorably, while 65 percent did not view him favorably and 24 percent had no opinion.

To paraphrase our friend Holden at First Draft, LESS THAN 20 BY ELECTION DAY!

I have faith in ya buddy!