Alan Keyes 2008 presidential campaign

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Alan Keyes

Alan Keyes is a Republican candidate for the 2008 US Presidential election.

History

On June 5, 2007, a group called We Need Alan Keyes for President formed a political action committee to encourage Keyes to enter the 2008 United States Presidential Election.[1] On September 14, 2007, Keyes officially announced his candidacy in an interview with radio show host Janet Parshall.[2] On September 17, 2007, Keyes participated in the Values Voter Debate streamed live on Skyangel, the Values Voter website, and radio. In a straw poll of the attending audience, Keyes placed third among the invited candidates, after Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.[3] Keyes was excluded from the Republican CNN/YouTube debate on November 28, 2007. Alan Keyes' campaign response called the exclusion, "arbitrary, unfair, and presumptuous" arguing that CNN was playing the role of "gatekeeper" for the presidential election.[4]

On December 12, 2007, Keyes participated in the Des Moines Register's Republican presidential debate that was televised nationwide by PBS and carried by the cable news networks. This was the first major presidential debate that Keyes participated in during the 2008 election season and it also was the last Republican debate before the Iowa Caucuses.[5][6] Although Keyes wasn't listed on the latest national CNN poll leading up to the debate,[7] he registered with at least 1 percent of the Iowa vote in order to participate.[8] During the debate, after the moderator began to ask a question of Texas Congressman Ron Paul, Keyes insisted he wasn't getting fair treatment. He interrupted the debate moderator at one point, saying that she hadn't called on him in several rounds and that he had to make an issue of it.[9] He went on the offensive against his opponents during the debate, criticizing Rudy Giuliani's pro-choice position, as well as Mitt Romney's recent change in position on the same subject. In answering a question about global warming, he continued his criticisms of other candidates, saying, "I'm in favor of reducing global warming, because I think the most important emission we need to control is the hot air emission of politicians who pretend one thing and don't deliver".[6] He also advocated ending the income tax, a return of God to schools, and abolishing abortion.[9] Toward the end of the debate, Keyes stated he could not support Rudy Giuliani if he were to win the nomination due to the former New York mayor's position on abortion.[10]

In the Iowa caucuses, Keyes did not appear on any of the election totals.[11] Keyes stated that many of the caucus locations he visited did not list him as a choice. His campaign CEO, Stephen Stone blamed much of this on the Keyes' decision to enter the race late and the media. Stone explained that the media would not acknowledge Keyes' candidacy, making it difficult to run an effective campaign.[11]

Keyes supports a marriage amendment to the Constitution.[12] He stated he would not have gone to war in Iraq,[13] but also said that the war was justified[14] and defended President Bush's decision in one of his 2004 debates with Barack Obama.[15] Keyes has stated that troops should stay in Iraq,[16] but also said that he would have turned over operations to the United Nations.[17] However, Keyes has also stated that even while he was an ambassador there he was not a supporter of the United Nations.[18]

References

  1. ^ "ChristianNewswire.com 'We Need Alan Keyes for President' Website Launched".
  2. ^ "RenewAmerica.us Alan Keyes announces for President!".
  3. ^ "Values Voters Pick Huckabee".
  4. ^ Jonathan Klein (2007-11-27). "CNN poised to exclude Alan Keyes from Florida debate". America's Revival: Alan Keyes for President. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  5. ^ "CNN Student News Transcript, December 13, 2007". CNN. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  6. ^ a b Rick Pearson and John Chase (2007-12-12). "Republicans Debate in Iowa". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  7. ^ "CNN Opinion Research Poll, December 6-9, 2007" (PDF). CNN. 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  8. ^ "Keyes makes major debate debut". CNN. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  9. ^ a b Robin Abcarian (2007-12-13). "Hardly seen Keyes shows up for GOP debate". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-12-13. Cite error: The named reference "LA" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ "CNN Transcripts: Des Moines Register Presidential Deabte: The Republicans". CNN.com. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  11. ^ a b Tommy Birch (2008-01-03). "Keyes garners little support in Iowa". Retrieved 2008-01-21. {{cite web}}: Text "IowaStateDaily.com" ignored (help); Text "publisher" ignored (help) Cite error: The named reference "Iowa" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  12. ^ http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_Civil_Rights.htm#53
  13. ^ http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#28
  14. ^ http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#15
  15. ^ http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#19
  16. ^ http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#13
  17. ^ http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#29
  18. ^ http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_Foreign_Policy.htm#United_Nations
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