One of the expenses of any campaign is salaried campaign staffers. And Keyes' top paid campaign staffer is ... Keyes! He doesn't lose money on his campaigns, he MAKES a bundle.
To the best of my knowledge, Keyes is the sole office seeker in either major political party to put himself on his own campaign's payroll.
First, he'll get slated or he'd ever get the nomination.
The Illinois GOOP got their heads handed to them last November with Keyes as their poster boy...with most going along belately since they needed a candidate with some cash and name recognition and fast.
The Senate is a nice little plumb for the GOOP to grab, not like the Governorship that control thousands of state patronate jobs. The moderates and wingnuts here are already squaring off to regroup and Ray LaHood's name keeps popping up as a very likely and strong candidate. Keyes won't be allowed within a Maryland mile of any party activities.
The Illinois Leader (the GOP rag) said a few days ago that the GOP is not interested in having Keyes run. What made the article SO funny was the fact that this lack of interest was expressed within an article discussing a "grass roots" meeting Keyes was hosting in Cook County that was by invitation ONLY. The guest list was not made up of IL GOP regulars...
This guy needs to learn how to win friends and influence people, I'd say.
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