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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Oh how I recall staring at that ballot. I just passed, but don't think they were votes for Keys as much as votes against Obama. Left wing socialist hack, right wing nutjob, some went for the nutjob.
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I wouldn't go so far as to call Obama a "hack", although I think that the rest of the characterisation is at least somewhat close to the truth. The socialists probably wouldn't claim him as one of their own, but he definitely shares some of their thoughts on several subjects.
As for Keyes, well he just scares me. He always struck me as one of those guys that would call for a "return of responsible gunplay to our once-proud schools" or banning red crayons because they could encourage children to draw pictures of Satan.
Obama's pretty much a mortal lock to win reelection in 2008 unless he does something incredibly stupid. He's got the center and the left sewn up. The only truely vulnerable Democrat that I see in the state right now is the governor, and if Daley decides that he can work with Rod, Rod will stay in. But if Da Mayor owes too many favors to Rod's father-in-law, the kid's gone.