Dele-gate
Honestly, I never thought that Michigan GOP Primary Clown Show™ would still be the gift to Democrats that keeps on giving a week later but, well, it is.
Though the state’s primary was almost a week ago, the Rick Santorum campaign is continuing to dispute the primary’s results. The campaign has taken their fight over the way the Michigan Republican Party apportioned two of the state’s at-large delegates to the Republican National Committee.The campaign is also organizing a rally to be held later today in front of the Michigan Republican headquarters in Lansing. Santorum supporters will call on Michigan GOP leaders to reconsider their decision to award both the party’s statewide delegates to Mitt Romney.They say party leaders changed the rules to avoid awarding one apiece to Romney and Santorum, who ran a close second in last week’s Michigan primary and won half of the state’s congressional districts.
Hah hah! A rally! Sponsored by the tea party! To fight for ONE delegate! Bring your lawn chairs! That’ll change the minds of all those establishment Republicans who were in the bag for Romney from the start.
By the way, it starts at 5 p.m. and is at the Michigan Republican Party Headquarters at 520 Seymour, Lansing, MI in case you want to watch the fun.
Maybe all of this is the reason for the results obtained in a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll out today:
Four in 10 of all adults say the GOP nominating process has given them a less favorable impression of the Republican Party, versus just slightly more than one in 10 with a more favorable opinion.Additionally, when asked to describe the GOP nominating battle in a word or phrase, nearly 70 percent of respondents – including six in 10 independents and even more than half of Republicans – answered with a negative comment.Some examples of these negative comments from Republicans: “Unenthusiastic,” “discouraged,” “lesser of two evils,” “painful,” “disappointed,” “poor choices,” “concerned,” “underwhelmed,” “uninspiring” and “depressed.”And perhaps most significantly, the GOP primary process has taken a toll on the Republican presidential candidates, including front-runner Mitt Romney, who is seen more unfavorably and whose standing with independents remains underwater.
Between the fight to deny women contraceptives and other basic health care and the characterization of Rush Limbaugh’s odious anti-women comments this week as “a poor choice of words”, it’s frankly a wonder there are any women left in the country that will support a Republican anywhere on the ticket. I wonder what Republicans think the right choice of words actually is when you are calling a woman a whore or a slut?
During the coverage of the Michigan primary last week, Santorum’s people were defending Democrats who crossed over to vote for him, saying that Santorum’s message is resonating with Republicans, Independents AND Democr- BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! [Sorry.]
What did we do to deserve this magnificent Clown Show™? Must be good living.
UPDATE: I just got off the phone with Bruce Fealk who informs me that the protest rally at the Republican Party headquarters drew three. Not three dozen. Three. People.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
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