The Occasional Observer

Former OK Gov Frank Keating has declined to become another GOP candidate for Pres in '08 (reg reqd for article). Like Gilmore, Hunter and Huckabee, he would have been trying to position himself as the "true conservative" alternative to the current big 3. Robert Novak had reported in Dec that Keating was likely to run. Keating apparently got to the point of considering staffing and logistics for his campaign, and felt that he was too late to make a real impact, given the support that has already lined up behind Romney and McCain.