Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Keyes akatanga kutaura kuti aifunga kusiya Republican Party panguva yaJanuary 2008 kuoneka paThe Weekly Filibuster redhiyo show. Haana kubvisa kukwikwidza kwake pashure pokunge John McCain awana nhume dzakakodzera 1,191 kuRepublican National Convention
, kunyange zvazvo akanga asisiri kurwisa kuti asarudzwe neRepublican. Musi waKurume 27, 2008, webhusaiti yemushandirapamwe waKeyes yakatanga kuratidza chiratidzo cheConstitution Party, pamwe chete ne parody yechiratidzo cheGOP chiratidzo muchimiro chenyoka yakafa. Ikoku kwakaratidzika kuva chiratidzo chevavariro dzaKeyes dzokusiya bato reRepublican ndokutanga kutsvaka nomutoo wapamutemo kugadzwa kweMutungamiri weBumbiro reMitemo.