GOP Leadership Abandoning Coburn
By Byron LaMasters
Here's what Speaker Dennis Hastert said yesterday:
House Speaker Dennis Hastert predicted Tuesday Republicans will lose the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois being sought by conservative former U.N. Ambassador Alan Keyes.
"We have a race in Oklahoma that we are probably not going to win," Hastert told the Daily Herald editorial board. "That's a Republican seat we are probably going to lose. Same thing in Illinois."
Hastert's a realist, Alan Keyes, on the other hand is in La-la land:
Keyes, appearing separately before the paper's editorial board Tuesday, refuted the notion he'll lose Nov. 2.
"No, because I'm going to win this election. It's that simple," Keyes said. "Based on the fact that I am articulating things that represent the heart and conscience of a majority of people in Illinois and we will see that registered on Election Day. The response I'•getting around the state suggests that that is true. So brace yourselves."
Media polls show Keyes trailing Democratic state Sen. Barack Obama by 40 percentage points or more.
Alan Keyes is soooo much fun! And pay Brad Carson a visit. I'm confident Carson will win, but not quite as convinced as Dennis Hastert yet.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at October 20, 2004 12:53 PM
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Speaker Hastert is supposed to have been one of the folks who paved the way for importing Keyes in the first place.
http://www.nynewsday.com/travel/chi-0408050254aug05,0,6217496.story?coll=sns-travel-headlines
But it was wingnut Illinois State Sen. Dave Syverson of Rockford who deserves the most "credit" for bringing Keyes to Illinois.
Don't read too much into Denny's comments. Coburn is actually turning a corner up here. The race is still up in the air, but Carson doesn't seem to have any arrows left in his quivver, and I think the GOP has obtained a restraining order to keep their candidate from talking when there is electronic surveillance.
Y'know, I think the word "lesbian" was spoken AM Radio up here for the first time in the past ten days. :)
Yeah, I'm a little concerned about Oklahoma. Carson's ahead in most polls, but he seems stuck in the low 40s. It'll be an interesting 2 weeks.
