Was the Michigan January election fair and legitimate?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Yes - the Dems wanted more power, so they screwed themselves over (or rather Mark Brewer screwed them over).

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

It's the Democrat's fault for this disaster.

Howard Dean, most notably.
Which Democrat?

MI Dem Chair Mark Brewer - it was his idea - and he's the one who forced the Rep. Senators into it saying, "we can hold a private primary because we have money and you can't" (it's true - MI GOP is broke), and the Reps said, well, we'd rather have the people chose and get 1/2 the delegates than have a caucus like Wyoming.

It's Mark Brewer's fault - and that's ironic, because he did it to help his man, John Edwards.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

MI Dem Chair Mark Brewer - it was his idea - and he's the one who forced the Rep. Senators into it saying, "we can hold a private primary because we have money and you can't" (it's true - MI GOP is broke), and the Reps said, well, we'd rather have the people chose and get 1/2 the delegates than have a caucus like Wyoming.

I don't think the Michigan GOP really cared much about losing half their delegates.  Since all the recent nomination contests have been decided as soon as one candidate reached a critical mass of momentum, they were more than happy to gain influence on early momentum in exchange for giving up half their delegates.

Originally it was a big deal to some.