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334 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

Staff and volunteers headed down to Ohio yesterday to provide the Ohio GOP with a helping hand for the upcoming special election coming up this next Tuesday. Special thanks to the College Republicans for stepping up with several car loads of “motivated volunteers” who will suffer through Buckeye country for the good of “our” country and party…you want to talk about personal sacrifice!

I want to thank everyone for their comments and suggestions on the presidential primary proposal Debbie Dingell and I offered as a possible bipartisan solution. There are many plans floating around out there at this time and we are now starting the process to re-evaluate how the system should work for 2012 and beyond.

Chuck , Holly and I are going over options and strategy on how to best approach the upcoming Rules Committee process and best represent Michigan’s interests.

The major issues I have heard most is that folks are frustrated with how soon the “next campaign” starts, the front loading of the process, why NH and IA always go first and the concern for some to be relevant while others are not during one cycle or another.

I think the plan we have proposed addressed many of those concerns. By creating regions around the country and then selecting states (sub regions) from each geographic region to hold their primaries on the same day, which makes the process much more representative and fair. Also, have a lottery every cycle 14 months before the general election will allow everyone the chance to be first or second…arguably more relevant than not…and making that random again creates a “fairer” chance to allow each and every state to “play”.

No plan is perfect, but after reviewing the other options that are out there, we tried to take the best of several options discussed and put another possibility on the table. Most importantly, something that could also be approached in a bi-partisan manner.

I suspect we will see several other proposals floated and options discussed. We will be voting and discussing much of this during our January RNC meeting. I will be posting updates and additional information about how this plan moves along on this blog site, with downloads, maps and additional information added regularly. Keep your thoughts and ideas coming!

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2007/12/dingell-anuzis.html

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For complete post go to: http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2007/12/articles-of-i-7.html

Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
Chairman
Michigan Republican Party