Is Michigan's early primary dead? Mark Brewer and John Edwards sure hope so...
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Just a quick note on the save-the-primary process...
The Senate yesterday overwhelmingly approved an updated bill that would save the January 15 joint primary but there's a catch. Without a procedural move granting the bill "immediate effect" it won't go into effect until March. Kinda late, don't you think?
The Dems all walked away from the immediate effect vote. That way they can claim they voted for the joint primary, that they didn't WANT to disenfranchise millions of Michigan voters and that they aren't really in the pocket of Big Labor when in reality they are.
So what's the next step? Well, the House could vote on similar legislation and send it over to the Senate which would give them another shot at it while a few Dem heavy hitters like Debbie Dingell try to round up support but Andy Dillon said he's not really thinking about doing that right now. Too eager to get out deer hunting, I guess.
The preferred electoral option for the Democrats is a closed caucus system that's run by the unions and will give John Edwards his only real shot at winning the state.
So what if millions of voters are disenfranchised, as long as you can cook the books, right?
What's the status on the Republican side? Will we have a primary?