Column: Gone and forgotten -- Alan Keyes one year later

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/11/column_gone_and.html

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Today finds almost no evidence that Keyes was here at all.

Despite his many chesty declarations that he planned to stick around no matter what--"I'm here and I'm committed to the people of Illinois" was one of many such promises--he skedaddled back to Maryland shortly after the election, former aides said.

Numerous efforts to reach Keyes for comment through his current spokeswoman were unsuccessful.

A handful of his loyalists occupied his campaign suite at 118 N. Clinton St. for several months after the election, but they're long gone now, said former top Keyes consultant Dan Proft.
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There are some really funny letters at the end of the column and also some warnings to Democrats... that Keyes, by being so far right and losing so big, helped the GOP get back to center. "They used to complain: `You never let one of our guys run.' Well, we did. And he was a disaster."