Alan Keyes presidential campaign, 2008
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| Alan Keyes for President 2008 | |
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| Campaign | U.S. presidential election, 2008 |
| Candidate | Alan Keyes Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs 1985–1987 |
| Affiliation | Republican Party and Constitution Party |
| Status | Announced September 14, 2007 |
| Headquarters | Montogomery County, Maryland |
| Slogan | We Need Alan Keyes |
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| www.alankeyes.com | |
Alan Keyes announced his U.S. Presidential candidacy, running as a Republican Party candidate, on September 14, 2007 in an interview with radio show personality Janet Parshall.[1] Keyes later tried to become the candidate of the Constitution Party in the same year.
This is Keyes' third effort; he ran in the two election cycles prior to 2008: 1996 and 2000.
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[edit] Pre-announcement
On June 5, 2007 a draft movement was started entitled We Need Alan Keyes for President and formed a political action committee to encourage Keyes to run for President in the 2008 election.[2] On September 14, 2007, Keyes officially announced his candidacy in an interview with radio show host Janet Parshall.[3] Keyes made his announcement 3 months later on September 14 and was quickly invited to the Values Voter Debate, a debate that was streamed live on Skyangel, the Value Voter Website, and radio.[4]
[edit] Reception
Though Keyes received a substancial amount of support in the Values Voter straw poll, placing third only behind Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul,[5] his campaign has drawn very little support in any of the caucuses or primaries that have taken place. In the Iowa caucuses, Keyes accused some of the state's ballots of not even listing him as a candidate, and his campaign CEO, Stephen Stone, stated that the reason he did not show up on most ballots was mainly because Keyes had decided to enter the election cycle so late. He also blamed the media for not recognizing Keyes as a viable candidate, excluding him from debates and providing practically no campaign coverage.[6]
Keyes has been awarded no delegates since the first caucus and primary began in Iowa and New Hampshire, but Keyes still maintains a national campaign despite John McCain being the presumptive nominee. Keyes has recently changed his alleigiance to the Constitution Party, and signified that by showing a dead Republican elephant on the bottom of his web page. However, that effort failed as well, as Chuck Baldwin was selected at that party's convention.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ RenewAmerica.us Alan Keyes announces for President!.
- ^ ChristianNewswire.com 'We Need Alan Keyes for President' Website Launched.
- ^ RenewAmerica.us Alan Keyes announces for President!.
- ^ Values Voters Pick Huckabee.
- ^ Values Voters Pick Huckabee.
- ^ Tommy Birch (2008-01-03). Keyes garners little support in Iowa. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ Penn, Steve. Constitution Party stunner: Chuck Baldwin KOs firebrand Alan Keyes. Kansas City Star. 26 April 2008.
