Alan Keyes needs to smell what Barack is cookin'. Seriously this is the most lopsided race I've seen in the state in a LONG time. Not even Illinoisovich had it this easy. I don't understand the weakness of the Republican Party in Illinois. It's not like Keyes is running for mayor, he's trying to get a seat in the U.S. Senate, representing the whole state. Take away Chicago and everything around the Quad Cities and St. Louis, and it's really a very conservative state. When even the Republican strongholds like Lake and DuPage County are arife with Obama signage, something is way way wrong.