http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/01/10552328-michigan-delegate-drama
But in an interview with NBC News three weeks ago -- on Feb. 8 -- Michigan GOP Chair Robert Schostak clearly stated that Michigan's at-large delegates would be awarded PROPORTIONALLY.
Schostak said:
"We start off with, after the penalty, 30 voting delegates. Okay? Each district-congressional district - you can win individually. So you have 14 districts you can win two delegates. That takes you to 28. Okay? The two at-large that remain, provided the individual candidate won at least 15 percent of the statewide vote - okay so with four candidates that's likely to happen. Then they get awarded proportionally, those delegates, and then rounded to the nearest decimal point so there won't be any half delegates or quarter delegates."
The Michigan Republican Party has been rife with internal disagreements over the years, so it's not surprising that it doesn't even agree how its delegates should be awarded.
Schostak was mistakened there. Look - I'm not an Anuzis fan at all, and I've heard from people that I trust, some of who are on Anuzis's side, some of who voted for Romney, others who tend to be on the non-Anuzis side (people in the Yob faction and people outside of it), and people who supported Santorum. This was a misstatement and the rules never changed.
