especially when you ask those candidates that know they don’t have any chance of winning to drop out. I am beginning to get very suspicious of why there are so many candidates in some of the races to begin with. In the past, there were several contests where the R’s had no candidates, and the D’s won by default. Is it because it appears to be a great year for Republican’s?

I am very worried about the Benishek/Allen race. It smells very bad. Allen, having been in state government, has alot of friends in high places, including the corrupt SEIU.

was hoping someone would pcik apart the mess. You mentioned egos…I would add that despite the race being rollercoaster for much of the night, Allen chose to declare victory about a half an hour before a final precinct had been counted. Then the (latest) final came in and only then did Dr. Dan declare victory.

Since we can’t be certain at this point who the winner will be, its safe to say your ego or arrogance should not get in the way of the people. Everyone should have a shot at a seat, but none are entitled to it. The “establishment” candidates should remember this.

The Michigan results were fine, especially for a blue state, that is rapidly blueing. It should be a good thing, that the GOP brought a group of candidates that is more diverse in ideology than the Democrats. That has corned the Dems in Michigan in a left-wing corner.

I would look at it like, the open Republican primary, caused Michigan Dems to nominate the most liberal, unelectable candidates for November. Rick Snyder is a lifelong Republican, that got *shudder* “Reagan Democrats” to cross over and vote for him. Jason Allen is a conservative, the union SB 731 is way over-hyped and a cursory research of the topic, should be done and it shows Jason Allen actually inserted language to clarify the legislation (that was sponsered by 8 other Republicans). Eitherway with the good Dr. or Allen, either will be a good candidate, and a conservative vote.

This opening sentence of yours could have been used on the cross-over idiots. They just needed to be told to wait to vote in the August 4th primary. Perhaps the results of the August 3rd primaries would be different. smile, eburke. You’re a good man.

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Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

To all the conservative right-wing evangelical fundamentalists of West Michigan (and supporters thereof): this is how you win an election ! You run on a moderate platform, abandon the divisive and outdated issues you still “cling” to, and most importantly, completely disassociate yourself with any flavor of tea party affiliation. Mr. Hoekstra certainly learned that lesson, eh Pete? (tea party caucus – pashaw)

Now, since Snyder bears the banner of a republican, all the tools and clones of the fringe right wing will claim victory and get on board. Actually, the reality is that you and your “principles” have been profoundly SHUT OUT as per the primary results. You do not have a seat at this table in November.

The best part is, that as a registered independent, I have the pleasure of having voted for President and Commander in Chief, Barack Hussein Obama AND Rick Snyder. Besides that Snyder has better ideas than the democrats anyway, I found it most beneficial to vote against any tea-party-esque candidate.

Again, in a word – SCOREBOARD !!!

We have something like this in AZ CD-1. Only there is no Democrat shill, AFAIK. We have about 8 people running in the primary to go up against the unopposed Ann Kirkpatrick, with one of the least appealing candidates spending a lot of money to advertise on Rush’s show. (She lost to Kirkpatrick last time).

Arizona has the same open primary system, open to the same mischief. I know it’s mischief because the AZ Repugnant thinks it’s a good idea. With a primary system, however, I don’t know how you prevent it. The logical preventive would be a party process that picks our one and only single candidate, which is also bad.

Has Jason Allen contested the primary results yet?