Updated September 12, 2004 at 12:00 am

Not exactly a shocker. Barnes and Kondracke declare Obama the winner.
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Fred Barnes: Illinois, an open [senate] seat. Democrat Barack Obama, who gave that speech at the Democratic convention, versus Republican Alan Keyes- who is not from Illinois, he is from Maryland.

Morton Kondracke: That was over before it started. It’s Obama.

Fred Barnes: Obama, I agree with that.
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Fox’s Beltway Boys: September 11, 2004
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