Posted by Jim Smith: So, it is probably just the way things are and unless the voters make an issue out of it, there is no issue. Hillary got voted into office, so I guess she is making progress on her career. Keyes is likely to be rejected, most likely because Obama seems pretty much in control at the moment. But that can change with a political blunder. I would reject Keyes, but I don't count here since I am not moving to Illinois to vote there, of his pompous mannerisms and perception he is doing God's work here. Jim

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Yes, Jim, Keyes is clearly employing a double standard. So far, if letters to the editor are to be believed, voters are not buying it. Repos are steamed that the state party did not tap the guy who came in second in the primary, and instead went so far out of state to find someone who was 1) black and 2) rigidly conservative. Dems don't like Keyes for his pomposity and all the God talk (reminds one of G.W. Bush who says, repeatedly, that he believes he is doing God's work as president).

Joe B.