Keyes Supports Choice of Cheney
Alan Keyes expressed his support for George W. Bush’s choice of a running mate Tuesday--and said he had dropped his own campaign against Bush for the Republican nomination.
Keyes won no primaries last winter and spring, but he had remained on the campaign trail spreading his conservative message.
Asked Tuesday if he still considers himself a candidate, Keyes said, “I am not.”
A campaign spokeswoman said Keyes had not yet filed withdrawal papers with the Federal Election Commission.
Keyes said he supports Bush’s choice of former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney as his running mate, adding that Cheney’s anti-abortion views mirror his own. He said he will join other Republicans to unite behind Bush at the party’s convention in Philadelphia.
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