Who’s ready for a 5-way?

Alan Keyes

USA Today (via Salon), reveals that, uh…interesting human being Alan Keyes has left the Republican Party, and may switch to the Constitution Party.

Those in Illinois may remember him as they guy who ended up being canon fodder for Barack Obama’s Senate run in ‘04.

Others may remember him as the gadfly of the last 3 Republican campaigns for president in 1996, 2000 and 2008.

Still others may remember him as the guy who jumped into a mosh pit for Michael Moore’s old TV show. (Unfortunately can’t find that video)

And yet others may know him as the guy who literally disowned his daughter when he found out she was gay.

So here’s what Keyes has to say about his former fellow Republicans:

Keyes singled out the nation’s present “border issue” as a reason he is leaving the GOP, saying it is a “threat to the sovereignty to the American people.”

“There are clear signs that our leaders no longer have an allegiance to the sovereign people of the United States,” Keyes said.

“I kind of expected that on the Democrat side. …. And the Republicans are presumed to nominate somebody who is anti-Republican. It puts a lie to the label and puts me in a position where I must question my ability any longer to participate in a party that has departed from its own identity.”

And what of the Constitution Party? Well, according to the article: “The Constitution Party says its mission is to limit the federal government to functions spelled out in the U.S. Constitution and “restore American jurisprudence to its original Biblical common-law foundations.”

And who is the fifth, assuming Obama, McCain, Keyes, and Nader are the 4? It’s former congreessman Bob Barr, who is considering a run on the libertarian ticket.

Bob Barr

Gravel vs. Barr vs. Root. Watch out America.