Alan Keyes Admits: 'I Just Enjoy Campaigning'

AIKEN, SC–Following a speech Monday at the Rotary Club of Aiken, two-time Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes admitted that he “just enjoy[s] campaigning.” Said Keyes, a distant fourth-place finisher in the Feb. 1 New Hampshire primary: “It’s a lot of fun. You get to fly around on airplanes, meet lots of nice people, and make speeches at big, fancy podiums. And sometimes, a reporter comes, and they put your picture in the paper. I only wish I could do it more than once every four years.” Keyes, who has previously lost two U.S. Senate races, as well as the 1996 Republican presidential bid, added that “having your own bumper sticker is really neat.”