Republican activist Dennis Lennox says the rigid
ideologues in the Michigan Republican Party who want to unseat Lt. Gov. Brian
Calley at the 2014 GOP state convention are engaging in “sheer lunacy.”
ideologues in the Michigan Republican Party who want to unseat Lt. Gov. Brian
Calley at the 2014 GOP state convention are engaging in “sheer lunacy.”
Writing for our sister paper, the Mount Pleasant Morning
Sun, Lennox wrote that those who take a doctrinaire approach fail to understand
the difference between the practical realities of governing and what New Jersey
Gov. Chris Christie recently called “esoteric, intellectual debates.”
Sun, Lennox wrote that those who take a doctrinaire approach fail to understand
the difference between the practical realities of governing and what New Jersey
Gov. Chris Christie recently called “esoteric, intellectual debates.”
If the current momentum pushing against Calley continues,
Lennox foresees the most spirited, competitive race for lieutenant governor
since the revised 1963 State Constitution established the nominating process
for the No. 2 spot at party conventions.
Lennox foresees the most spirited, competitive race for lieutenant governor
since the revised 1963 State Constitution established the nominating process
for the No. 2 spot at party conventions.
Here is the columnist’s take on all this:
“It should go without saying that this is a major
distraction at a time when (Gov.) Snyder has to start focusing on defeating
presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mark Schauer.
distraction at a time when (Gov.) Snyder has to start focusing on defeating
presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mark Schauer.
“Moreover, defrocking the lieutenant governor –
effectively a coup d’état – for political novice Wes Nakagiri, a Livingston
County tea party leader who declared his candidacy last week, or perennial
candidate Todd Courser, who has lost races for both houses of the Legislature and
the State Board of Education, is sheer lunacy.
effectively a coup d’état – for political novice Wes Nakagiri, a Livingston
County tea party leader who declared his candidacy last week, or perennial
candidate Todd Courser, who has lost races for both houses of the Legislature and
the State Board of Education, is sheer lunacy.
“It’s time for Republicans of prominence to stand up to
the malcontents who are playing into the hands of Democrats with their crusade
to burn purported RINO ( aka Republican-In-Name-Only) heretics at the stake.
the malcontents who are playing into the hands of Democrats with their crusade
to burn purported RINO ( aka Republican-In-Name-Only) heretics at the stake.
“Unfortunately, too many GOP leaders — the consultants
who make a living off primary or party leadership campaigns, and elected
officeholders — are afraid to lose the
support of the malcontents who act as if they are the high priests of
Republicanism.”
who make a living off primary or party leadership campaigns, and elected
officeholders — are afraid to lose the
support of the malcontents who act as if they are the high priests of
Republicanism.”
