Who is running the Keyes effort in McLean County?
On one side you had the moderates and on the other you had Alan Keyes and Co. Keyes comments on homosexuality were widely condemned by some top party brass. To any observer who watched what happened in McLean County a few years ago, the ideological split that is tearing at the party’s fabric is nothing new.
You might recall former Illinois Christian Coalition chief John Parrott’s rise to power as county GOP chairman. The Bloomington businessman’s conservative brand of politics wasn’t well liked by what became known as the “old guard” Republicans in McLean County.
Eventually, Parrott was ousted in a power play and things seem to have returned to normal.
So normal, in fact, that Parrott is now heading Keyes’ election efforts in McLean County.