Fair enough. I'm just a bit annoyed that republicans don't support more conservatives. Maybe not Keyes, but even in my own state, Chuck Schumer got in easy thanks to spineless republicans!
Look, I do support conservatives. But there are times, in certain races in certain states like IL, where Republicans have to stop preaching one-note songs about abortion and gay marriage. They're already going to get votes from the conservatives in that state, so why try to preach to the other huge, liberal/moderate who'll be turned off by it? I'm not suggesting Keyes should have ran as a RINO, but he could have focused on meat-and-potato issues.