That being, of course, the almighty voters of Iowa and New Hampshire, and those in the leadership of the RNC and the MSM... As for the rest of "those voters who count the most", namely the voters in Conservative states, well, they just get to suck eggs.
If Keyes was the right candidate, conservatives would have been chosen long time ago. Keyes ran for the Senate 2-3 times and lost every time. He ran for the GOP nomination three times and never got much support from conservatives. Crying about politics solves nothing.