Rick Snyder is fundraising for Michigan GOP. Oy.

Opinion: Rick Snyder is fundraising for Michigan GOP. Oy.

Nancy Kaffer
Detroit Free Press


I'll say this for Michigan GOP Chair Kristina Karamo: She's never poisoned a city.

It's no secret that the party Karamo leads is in disarray, after a hard-right takeover of the party's apparatus and a subsequent rout in the 2022 statewide elections. Michiganders re-elected Democrats to the state's top three offices, which most people expected, and won majorities in the state House and Senate, which most people didn't.

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Long story short: No one with two dimes to rub together is donating to the Michigan GOP. The state GOP has about $93,000 in the bank, The Detroit News reported earlier this month; insiders told the News that the party should have closer to $4 million on hand less than a year before a contentious election, and will need $30 million to $40 million for next year's election cycle. This is, we can objectively note, relatively grim.

Some Republicans are counting on former Gov. Rick Snyder to change that.

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Snyder has said he's jumping back into the political fray because he's worried Democrats are taking the state in the wrong direction. (Seriously, sir?) But what it comes down to is, his party needs him. Compared to the folks repping today's GOP, Snyder represents a return to saner, greener pastures, or at least a return to winning. ...............(more)

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