Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I kii tuatahi a Keyes kei te whakaaro ia ki te wehe i te Pāti Reipa i te marama o Hanuere 2008 i te whakaaturanga reo irirangi a The Weekly Filibuster. Kāore ia i whakakore i tana kaitono i muri i te wikitōria a John McCain i ngā mema 1,191 e hiahiatia ana ki te
Ko te Hui ā-Motu o te Rōpū Reipa, ahakoa kāore ia i te pakanga mō te whakaingoatanga o te Rōpū Reipa. I te Poutu-te-rangi 27, 2008, i tiimata te paetukutuku pakanga a Keyes ki te whakaatu i te waitohu o te Pāti Ture, me te taatai o te waitohu GOP i roto i te ahua o te elephant mate. I puta mai tenei hei tohu mo nga hiahia o Keyes ki te wehe i te roopu Republican ka tiimata ki te rapu i te tohu perehitini a te Pāti Ture.