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11th-hour GOP revolt rocks 'rising star' Republican candidate: 'You’re gonna be surprised’
Trump’s Michigan Pick Is Fraying Because the Party Mistook Loyalty for StrengthThe Real Power CenterThis is not a story about a sudden Republican identity crisis in Michigan. It is a story about the consequences of centralized party patronage. Donald Trump handpicked John James, and the Michigan GOP was expected to fall in line. Instead, the party is discovering that a candidate can be elevated from above and still fail to command loyalty below.That is the actual power structure here: national endorsement at the top, local resentment underneath, and a party apparatus stuck managing the…
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