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December 7, 2004 Alan Keyes on teaching the Declaration of Independence in the schools
Keyes was responding to the recent controversy surrounding a California teacher's use of the Declaration in his American history class. [Read more] See other topics from Alan's Dec. 5 speech:
November 11, 2004 How and why Dr. Keyes won in Illinois
"It's great about Bush getting re-elected," my conservative friends have been saying to me these days, "but, hey! You must be bummed about Keyes' big loss in Illinois." "What 'loss'?" runs my somewhat testy reply. [Read more] November 8, 2004 No wonder Keyes lost; he got nothing like a fair shake
Now that the election is over and the contents of this letter won't affect someone's vote, I wish to complain about the shabby treatment given by The Star to Illinois senatorial candidate Alan Keyes. [Read more] November 8, 2004 Alan Keyes' impact on Illinois The staff of RenewAmerica.us
The idea was first proposed to Keyes only a week earlier by a handful of Illinois conservative leaders. Even after the nomination was ultimately extended by the state GOP central committee, Keyes took several days to consider the invitation [Read more] November 4, 2004 Alan Keyes on WYLL's Scott Thomas Show First post-election media interview
ALAN KEYES: I'm doing very well. How are you? [Read more] November 2, 2004 Excerpts from Alan Keyes' concession speech Streaming video at Chicago's Channel 2
 See the speech in streaming video. Pictures of the event. 30-second video clips of Alan in the debates.
Election-eve message from Alan Keyes November 1, 2004 Keyes campaign releases second TV ad
"Today we are releasing a new television advertisement that strongly contrasts Barack Obama's record with Alan Keyes' vision, and the choice couldn't be clearer. [Read more] November 1, 2004 Alan Keyes on WMBI AM Election-eve interview
[Read more] November 1, 2004 Keyes addresses Get Out the Vote rally on Sunday Spirit of God Fellowship Church
The first thing I want to do [Read more] October 28, 2004 Political pulse: The Hessing family
When we first measured the political pulse of one Peoria couple, they talked of their admirations and support for President Bush. But the Hessings wanted to learn more about the U.S. Senate candidates before committing to vote for the Republican or Democrat. [Read more] October 27, 2004 Third debate available in streaming video Transcript and audio also available
The press conference afterward is also available for viewing. Click here.
October 27, 2004
CHICAGO October 26, 2004 Third debate affirms first two: Keyes wins again
"The third and final debate is over, and the score is clear: it's three straight wins for Alan Keyes and the voters of Illinois. [Read more] See "Obamanation Debate Fact Check."October 24, 2004 Keyes' views are clear if you listen Commentary
Cammie Descourouez Freeport There is only one thing worse than someone who doesn't vote and that is someone who votes uninformed about the candidates. How do we get this information? Usually from our newspaper, TV, political mailings, and arguments with our friends and families. The newspaper has let me down on the Illinois Senate race. I've heard so must about Barack Obama that you would think he was the only one running to represent Illinois. Actually, I guess he was the only one for a while. However, there is now a Republican candidate named Alan Keyes, but you'd have to go somewhere other than The Journal Standard to get any information about him, other than his opinions about abortion and homosexual marriage. [Read more] October 23, 2004 Streaming video of the second debate Transcript and audio also available
The third and final debate will be held Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. It will be carried by local PBS stations. Check listings. Click here for campaign analysis. Click here to read the transcript. Click here to listen to the audio.October 22, 2004 Second debate result in: Keyes wins again
"The first televised debate is history, and the result is as clear as it was after last week's radio debate: Alan Keyes won this debate hands down. He drew clear and cogent contrasts with Barack Obama on issue after issue, making one thing perfectly clear: Alan Keyes is in the mainstream of Illinois' heartland values, and Mr. Obama is outside the mainstream. [Read more] See "Obamanation Debate Fact Check." See "The Deborah Rowe Show, post-debate interview." See "Alan Keyes on the Mancow Show, Oct. 22."October 19, 2004 Alan receives warm welcome at "Stars on Stage" gala in Chicago Sponsored by WLS with Jay & Eileen
[crowd of 3,000 cheers] I would just like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I have worked here at WLS for five and a half years, and it is because of you [Read more] Hear MP3 audio. Pictures of the event.October 19, 2004 Keyes has street corner interview with Fox Chicago Discusses jobs, taxes, abortion, the courts, national security, and moral integrity
Including, by the way, the need for fundamental reform in our tax system, to abolish the income tax, to replace it with a Fair Tax that will actually give people the first use of every dollar they earn, instead of having the government tax away everyone's surplus before they can save it, invest it, for the good of their families and their future. [Read more] October 19, 2004 Video of Alan's guest host stint on WYLL available Wide-ranging marathon covers hot-button issues, plus the challenges facing persons of faith
[Read more] See the video in Windows Media. Pictures of the event.October 18, 2004 Conservative Alan Keyes thinks big in race for Illinois senator
Illinois Senatorial candidate Alan Keyes is a stick of dynamite in the political world. It's not that he's trying to cause friction, it's just that he's a passionate man in a political climate where silence and ambiguity are the rule of success. Keyes doesn't care about image, just issues. He wants his voice heard, no matter the cost in the polls. [Read more] October 17, 2004 Senate debate resonates with intelligent talk
Rockford Register Star It's too bad few people saw or heard Tuesday's Senate debate between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Alan Keyes. The debate, at the historic Old State Capitol in Springfield, was a radio production, so it wasn't on live TV. C-SPAN2 did have cameras there, and the debate ran Friday evening. I happened to be flipping channels when I found it and watched. An energetic Keyes outperformed Obama, who came off as a bored technocrat. [Read more] Click here to see the debate in STREAMING VIDEO.October 16, 2004 Former UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick endorses Alan Keyes Oct. 14 press conference in Chicago
[Read more] October 16, 2004 Keyes FEC report shows $1.1 million cash on hand More than 20,000 donors fuel grassroots campaign
"As this FEC report shows, Alan Keyes has broad-based support from the grassroots all over Illinois, and, in fact, America. Given that Alan stands for the kind of traditional, common-sense values shared by the majority of voters here in America's heartland, that makes perfect sense. [READ MORE] October 15, 2004 "Your ideas at work" Grassroots feature added
"It's not about imposing things from the top down," Alan Keyes said a few years back, regarding campaigning. "It's really about building them up from the bottom." Your ideas are valued in the Keyes for Senate campaign. To highlight innovative ideas of energetic volunteers, the campaign will post the best of those ideas in a new feature, "Your ideas at work." You can see the new feature by clicking here. The campaign encourages all Keyes supporters to help publicize the upcoming two television debates by taking full use of the grassroots suggestions offered. In addition, supporters are encouraged to promote the rebroadcasts of the Oct. 12 first debate on Let's all work together and get Alan elected. We value your creativity, dedication, and energy. October 14, 2004 Debate managers cover for Obama Commentary
As a present-day cheesehead who grew up a flatlander (read: a resident of Wisconsin, raised in Illinois), my interest in the race to replace Peter Fitzgerald as U.S. senator from the Land of Lincoln was piqued a few weeks before my hero, Alan Keyes, even got involved. I was reading the papers during a visit to my parents' home in the northwest suburbs of Chicago when I got my first whiff of who this "Barack Obama" is, and what he is all about. "Dad," I said, "this guy is bad news! We've got to find somebody good to run against him." (Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka had just turned the Republican leadership down.) [Read more] October 14, 2004 Keyes wins debate, giving Obama reason to be wary of the next one
Mrs. Nancy Sassano Highland Park I had fully expected Alan Keyes to be his dynamic, intelligent, knowledgeable, articulate self. What I did not expect was to hear so many "uhs" from Obama. Where was the glib, smooth orator we saw during the Democratic Convention? I was so proud of Alan Keyes, and so won over. I made another donation to his campaign tonight. [Read more] October 12, 2004 MP3 audio of the first debate available! Transcript also online
The debate Keyes served as an Assistant Secretary of State, UN ambassador, and staff member of the National Security Council under President Ronald Reagan.
October 11, 2004 Streaming video available of Alan on NBC 5's City Desk
Topics included preemptive strikes in the War on Terror, strategies for revitalizing the economy, school choice, and live-birth abortions. Keyes See the interview in Windows MediaOctober 11, 2004 Keyes interviewed by Daily Leader
Alan Keyes took some time when considering whether to accept the U.S. Senate nomination offered by the Illinois Republican Party. After all Keyes, 54, was a successful radio personality and writer and the task of jumping in a Senate race with less than three months to go until the election was a daunting one. And it would require that the Maryland resident establish legal requirements of Illinois residency. [Read more] October 8, 2004 Video & transcript of Alan's address at Southland Chamber of Commerce
(applause) DR. KEYES: Good afternoon. I want to first say that it's a special pleasure for me to be able to share some thoughts today about the area that, as y'all know, in a certain sense I live in these days, and which I've learned a great deal from in the course of my time here in Illinois. I've learned a great deal about some of the real conditions of life that folks are facing, and I've also learned a great deal about what some of the probable obstacles and solutions are [Read more] See the speech in Windows Media Hear the speech in MP3October 6, 2004 Alan Keyes on Straight Talk with Mychal Massie Oct. 5 appearance
Alan, are you hearing me better now, Ambassador? ALAN KEYES, ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE: Oh, I can hear you fine. MASSIE: Again, why don't you pick up where I left off with what's taking place in America, and then just go right through there. [Read more] October 5, 2004 Video & transcript of DuPage County Patriot's Day Picnic Speech delivered Sept. 11
I'll have to say, in one way, the wonderful warmth of your welcome and of the greetings and the heartfelt affection that I've experienced this afternoon makes it kind of difficult for me to talk about some of the things that we need to discuss on this day. And that's one of the difficulties, in fact, I think of American politics in general. So often we conduct our political affairs by coming together like this in warmth and fellowship. It's colorful and it's fun. And that can lead us, I think, to forget what it is that we do here and what it is that this process signifies. [Read more] See the speech in RealAudioOctober 5, 2004 Keyes draws supporters all the way from Texas Republican, Libertarian
Alison and Joshua Malone can't vote for U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes. But the couple believe so deeply in the conservative talk show host's Illinois campaign that they drove from Texas with their five young children to show their support for the 54-year-old former presidential candidate. "He's not afraid to say exactly what Christians and conservatives think about government," Joshua Malone explained. "Other politicians are concerned about politicking and polls. He sticks to his principles and he's clear about them. He's not afraid to take a stand." [Read more] October 4, 2004 Making the real and unedited Alan Keyes known
Brad Greer Chairman, Collinsville Republican Central Committee For the past month I have taken to writing each member of our church to remind them of the real issues at stake in the Keyes - Obama race. Frequently I ask, "When you consider Obama's views and votes, what possible issue could you have with Alan Keyes that could cause you to waiver in support of him?" Normally the response to my question is a blank stare. [Read more] October 4, 2004 Alan's remarks to the Illinois Agriculture Board of Directors
ALAN KEYES: I realize I was planning on taking questions from you, but I do have a couple of points to make. One is a general point about priorities, and the approach that one takes to understanding our economic life, and the other is a practical point about the United States Senate that I think we should think about, not only because it is to my advantage that you do so, but also because it's true. [Read more] See the speech in Windows MediaOctober 2, 2004 Transcript of American Catholic Press benefit available Tribute to 9-11
I am especially honored tonight to be able to share a few thoughts with you, as we come together in honor of Sister Marie Paul, who has made such an extraordinary contribution to Catholic education. Being a product of Catholic education myself, I know how extraordinarily important it can be to one's life, and the foundation that it lays is a permanent treasure. [Read more] September 30, 2004 Embarrassed for Republican Obama supporters Commentary
Does Alan Keyes embarrass you? Here’s why I ask. I just returned from a mission trip to Kenya. I was accompanied on this trip by about a dozen conservative Christian radio talk show hosts from around the country. From Washington, DC to San Francisco, and many points in between, a true cross section of conservative America was represented. We had some lively discussions packed into cramped vans driving between Masai churches in the Great Rift Valley. [Read more]  Message from Alan Keyes
Thank you so very much for your calls, letters, and emails urging me to accept the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the United States Senate. I am humbled and honored by your overwhelming pledges of support in this endeavor. After careful deliberation, and on the strength of deep and contemplative prayer, I have decided to accept this nomination. I make to the voters of Illinois, and all those watching this race in the coming months, just one promise: I will conduct a campaign worthy of your support. All those with whom I share core convictions regarding life and liberty, faith, family and freedom; all those who are committed to American renewal and the revitalization of responsible self-government I cannot do this alone. We are going to need all the help, all the heart, and all the financial commitment you can muster. Our cause requires Thank you, and God bless you. Keep Faith,  Alan Keyes |
