Michigan Republicans’ clash over leadership of their state party could mean dueling presidential nominating conventions will take place March 2, even though the national Republican Party has said members properly removed former chair Kristina Karamo.
Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra, the new Michigan GOP chair as recognized by the Republican National Committee, announced Tuesday that the state Republican Party will hold a presidential nominating convention to allocate 39 of the state’s 55 presidential delegates on March 2 in Grand Rapids. But Karamo and her backers plan to hold a convention the same day in Detroit.
Meanwhile, hearings regarding the dispute over Michigan’s GOP chair position are scheduled for later this week, and a judge could resolve the situation before the convention events.
Karamo was voted out as party chair by some members in the party during a Jan. 6 meeting, but she has refused to accept the results, claiming the meeting was not official and had been illegally organized.
If only. I’ve seen both parties come back from “permanent” defeat. But I agree - I don’t know how they’ll dig their way out of this hole. They’ve whipped their base into a froth and I honestly don’t think they are capable of governance at this point.
Are you talking about the state party or federal? I ask because I can’t think of a situation for either federal party that I’d describe as a “permanent” defeat. Maybe the Whigs back in the day?
My point is it turned out not to be permanent. Despite cries of victory or doom and gloom, things went right back to normal the next election cycle.
Before my time, but Nixon did lasting damage to Republicans, and they eventually bounced back. So I take a lot of this sea change stuff with a big grain of salt.
Nixon barely damaged the Republicans. Gerald Ford held the Presidency right after and was succeeded by Carter, a one term President. We know what happened after that.
Fair enough. At least that only serves to prove my skepticism.