GOP Asks Flunkey Alan Keyes to run for Senate. He is Not a Resident of Illinois

• Keyes Would Make for nice Furniture on stage of GOP Convention!

Hoping to add real electricity to the U.S. Senate race, Illinois Republicans have been secretly talking to former GOP presidential candidate Alan Keyes about taking on Democratic nominee Barack Obama -- a move that would pit two eloquent, nationally known African Americans against one another.Keyes does not live in Illinois. "It's not necessarily where you live as much as who you represent and the views you represent," Republican spokesman Syverson said. "He believes that there is a void in Illinois and that Obama certainly does not represent Illinois. And he believes that he would be, if he were to run, much more representative of Illinois." [more]