By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Mon Sep 16, 2013 at 04:26:02 PM EST
Tags: 30th Biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, Conservative Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Dave Agema, Liberal Republicans, Mitt Romney, Bill Milliken, Libertarian Republicans, Rand Paul, Justin Amash, Moderate Republicans, Gerald Ford, John Engler, Tea Party Republicans, Sarah Palin, Tom McMillin, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, integrity argument, empowered grassroots operation, internal consensus building, 2014 Michigan Gubernatorial Election, 2014 Michigan Gubernatorial Republican Primary, 2014 Michigan Republican State Convention, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle" (all tags)
Gretchen Whitmer refers to it as a "civil war" (and Bill Ballenger tempers that to "controlled-fire civil war"); Todd Courser refers to it as "intense fellowship;" both Brian Calley and Wes Nakagiri refer to it as "a competition of ideas;" Saul Anuzis refers to it as "growing pains;" and Garrett Arwa cites it as evidence that the Michigan Republican Party is "coming apart at the seams."
Me? I think the truth is somewhere in the middle of all of that. I also think that these various characterizations dance around an interesting finding of the iCaucus Michigan survey, but which wasn't referred to in the press release in a way that would draw attention, and which by itself explains why a top-down approach to Michigan Republican Party unity is never going to work.
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By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Mon Mar 02, 2009 at 09:00:54 PM EST
Tags: KCRC, Gerald Ford, scatterblitzer, MIGOP Wall of Honor, local legend (all tags)
Dear Republican Friends:
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the news that the Matriarch of the local GOP, Bee Isseldhardt, passed away on Friday evening at the age of 96. Bee is survived by her grandson, Robb Riesch, great grandson Jimmy Riesch and son-in-law Lyle Morrison.
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