Power gradually extirpates for
the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
----Edmund Burke. A Vindication of Natural Society
Power, like a desolating pestilence,
Pollutes whate'er it touches.
----Shelley. Queen Mab III
Power tends to corrupt;
absolute power corrupts absolutely.
---- Lord Acton. Letter to Bishop Creighton
Bard
NewsMax.com
Thursday January 6, 12:13 AM
Alan Keyes' Poll Numbers, Fund-Raising Shoot Up
Not too long ago political pros didn't take Alan Keyes' presidential bid
seriously. But as the new millennium dawns, it may be a whole new ball
game for the GOP White House long-shot.
Stellar performances in recent debates have Keyes' fourth-quarter
fund-raising numbers up by 75 percent over the previous three months.
And, more importantly, for the first time ever a major scientific poll
places the black conservative in the top tier of GOP presidential
hopefuls.
Zogby International, the only polling outfit to call the 1996 presidential
race on the nose, now has Keyes garnering six percent support nationally;
still firmly in single-digit territory but ahead of magazine publisher
Steve Forbes, Sen. Orrin Hatch and former Reagan aide Gary Bauer.
At 55 percent, George W. Bush has a comfortable lead in the latest Zogby
match-up. But Sen. John McCain, who's benefited from months of glowing
press coverage, is at a mere 12 percent -- just six points ahead of Keyes.
The new Zogby results were released Wednesday night on Fox News Channel's
"The O'Reilly Factor."
Considering that Keyes is barely a blip on the mainstream media's radar
screen, his dramatically improved numbers make him the new rising star of
the GOP presidential sweepstakes. And even before the latest Zogby survey,
two earlier Keyes landslides in self-selecting post-debate polling on Dick
Morris' "Vote.com" Web site had Republicans opening their wallets.
Keyes' campaign raised $1.02 million in the fourth quarter last year,
nearly twice what it had the quarter before. That, along with his
campaign's $800,000 cash-on-hand war chest, means that the former UN
Ambassador has the resources to continue his climb up the GOP presidential
ladder.
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