Alan Keyes, the conservative political commentator who
twice ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president,
agreed on Sunday to run against a rising Democratic star to try to
protect an open Senate seat from Illinois. "We do face an uphill
battle, there's no doubt," Mr. Keyes told cheering supporters at a
rally in this Chicago suburb. "So I'm not going to stand here and with
tremendous ease promise you a victory. But I'll tell you what I will
promise. I will promise you a fight." Mr. Keyes will face State Senator
Barack Obama in the campaign to replace Senator Peter Fitzgerald, a
Republican, who is retiring. Both Mr. Keyes and Mr. Obama are
African-American, seemingly assuring Illinois of producing the fifth
black elected senator. [more
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