Doggedly Determined,Alan Advances in the Race

Presidential hopeful Alan Keyes has remained in the race even after better known underdogs in both parties like Sam Brownback or Chris Dodd have thrown in the towel. This is especially suprising given the obstacles he has encountered on the campaign trail since the Iowa cacus, when he excoriated the GOP for failing to show how many votes he garnered. His campaign said that "It wasn't a case of no one voting for him", just a case of the results not being posted. Furthermore, it was hard for Keyes to make his message known in the days leading up to the New Hampshire primary because he was excluded from the debates. Despite this, last weekend, The Topeka Capital Journal announced that Keyes had been the "seventh candidate to file for the Kansas GOP presidential caucus" which will take place on February 9th, and reported that his campaign "filed the paperwork and paid the filing fee Wednesday morning." Keyes's confidence may be bolstered by the fact that although small in numbers, his supporters remain dedicated. On his RenewAmerica grassroots organization site, Wisconsin homemaker Helen Valois wrote that "Alan Keyes, forcibly sidelined and then treated dismissively for not garnering levels of support comparable to those of his overtouted counterparts, is unique among the presidential candidates." Although the validity of this statement is questionable, at least there are a few people who believe Keyes's vision can "restore our law to wholesomeness."