Political Wire reports that Alan Keyes may be the Republican candidate for the Senate in Illinois. This is great news since a) it almost certainly means Barak Obama will get elected, b) Keyes is one of the most reliably entertaining political figures around (and there's something to be said for people who are unapologetically passionate [albeit crazy] about their views), and c) this would be, I think, the first ever Senate race in which both major party candidates are African-American, which will probably produce some nice research topics for my colleagues who concentrate on elections.