"the victory is for God" ?!?! what a wingnut.

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Keyes Steps Into Illinois Senate Race

from the LA Times

Mon Aug 9, 7:55 AM ET

By P.J. Huffstutter Times Staff Writer

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — Alan Keyes (news - web sites), a two-time presidential candidate who lives in Maryland, announced Sunday that he would accept the Illinois Republican Party's nomination and run for the U.S. Senate.

With less than three months before the election, Keyes acknowledged it would be difficult to beat Barack Obama, 43, the state senator whose speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston gained him national prominence. This is the first U.S. Senate race in history where both candidates from the two major parties are African American, assuring that the Senate will seat its fifth black member ever.


"We do face an uphill battle, there's no doubt," said Keyes, 54, who promotes a Christian philosophy. He accepted the nomination Sunday at a rally in this Chicago suburb.

The battle to fill the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (news, bio, voting record) would be difficult, said Keyes, who has never won a federal election. If he wins, "the victory is for God," he said.

Critics in the state Democratic Party dismiss Keyes as an opportunist, and described the GOP selection as "sad."