but it s worth just, sort of, going back to brass tacks, i think, for a second. in a two-party system, each party is important, right? in a two-party system, the relative strength, the relative skill, the organizational capacity, the financial status, the size, the health and capacity of each party is at least a little bit important in every single state in the country. even in states that are dominated by one party or the other, the health and the capacity of each party matters. it s particularly crucial, of course, in swing states, though, where one party doesn t dominate and the places it s likely to be a close race between the republican nominee and the democratic nominee and the general election this fall. it is particularly important how healthy the state parties are on both sides.e and the battleground states, the swing states these days, it s at familiar list. states like arizona, georgia, pennsylvania, michigan, a few others. given all that, though, here s today s po
states like arizona, georgia, pennsylvania, michigan, a few others. given all that, though, here s today s pop quiz. here s today s actually kind of a hard question question about those politics. is there a republican party in michigan right now?ig and if so, what is it, and how do you find it? w this is actually a hard questio right now because if you go to migop.org mi, for michigan, a migop.org, which has long been the web address of the michigan republican party, migop.org, right now, here s what you find. here s their website. it s live right now as we re looking at it. it s a slick website. it s got a video thing playing k in the background. but what s that weird banner across the top. that banner says, a small fringe faction of state committee members staged an illegitimate g gathering to claim removal of chairwoman kristina karamo. if you click on that weird banner, you get to this. and the black box there is a video. i swear i m not going to show you a whole big, long swath