I think Keys hurts the Republicans because he takes the faith too literally. Like when he said God choose him to run in IL last year. You can feel like that, but just just come out and say it. It'll freak people out. And it's these types of statements. He needs to quiet down some and move a little smarter, centered.
Well I think it is refreshing that a man of faith espouses his conviction in the political arena proudly and unabashedly like Keyes does. If more men did that then people wouldn't cringe when someone actually does.
It's a sad testament that people want to quiet down the Lord in order to win favor in people's hearts. I remember when conservative flame-throwers such as Gingrich,Buchanan, Coulter,Keyes, Savage etc. were acknowledged and welcome in the Republican Party.
But now as the party apparatus moves left and tries to tiptoe thru the tulips of the media, democrats and the overall political correctness that currently engulfs the country, they've become more or less a reactionary big tent all-inclusive party rather than a party that follows its platform and core principles regardless of its critics. More often than not just as with the convention I get the impression that conservatives need not apply.