August 10, 2004
It's a Squeaker in Illinois...
By Byron LaMasters
To see if Barack Obama will defeat Alan Keyes by more than Paul Sarbanes and Barbara Mikulski did.....
1988: Sarbanes 62%, Keyes 38%.
1992: Mikulski 71%, Keyes 29%.
2004: Survey USA poll (PDF) - Obama 67%, Keyes 28%.
Personally, I'd bet on Obama between 62% and 71%, but then again you never know when Keyes compares himself to Lincoln, and Obama to slaveholders. The Illinois GOP could have at least tried to win this race, but this is more fun...
Posted by Byron LaMasters at August 10, 2004 12:08 PM
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Alan Keyes just moved to Illinois.
Gee, nobody can call him a carpetbagger any more!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/elections/chi-0408100238aug10,1,1606173.story?coll=chi-news-hed
As he was attacking Obama's views, Keyes scrambled to set up a campaign apparatus and move his official residence from Maryland to a Calumet City two-flat apartment in order to run for Senate.
BTW, Calumet City is a drab southern suburb of Chicago in the middle of nowhere.
But it's the home of Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues.
