Well she’s in charge now and she sure as hell isn’t going to have a closed primary.
She is and has been part of the rabid RINO cabal that makes the decisions at the top of the state party.
We could have had a rock-ribbed fire breathing conservative governor 4 years ago, but party leaders would never allow that to happen.
ANY Republican was going to win after 8 years of Grandmole!
I have it on good authority that most of the establishment wanted Pete Hokestra in 2010. Most of the grass roots I know split their votes between Mike Bouchard or Mike Cox. I voted for Cox.
Snyder was rather disliked by the grass roots and establishment, although got a lot of tea party votes because they fell for his "I'm not a politician" bullcrap. Dems crossed over in the primary as well.
I'll continue to push for closing the primary or going to a caucus system. One of my friend's is fairly high up establishment (but as conservative as I am) in the party and he's pushing for a caucus which would not be beneficial to the RINOs.