By not keeping their commitment, (Michigan ) Gov. (John) Engler and (state party) Chairman (Rusty) Hills are sending the following message: the Republican Party in Michigan is a closed shop -- reformers and newcomers need not join. This does not bode well for our party in the general election in an important battleground state like Michigan.

Now the ball is in the court of the seven-party alliance. They should fulfill the commitment they have made to the people.

The Chinese government's closure of Freezing Point is the most recent illustration of the commitment by the Chinese Communist Party to smother free expression.

Bob Bennett is as talented a state party chairman as I've worked with. And although he has no magic wands, he has an uncanny ability to avoid primaries.

I cannot endorse the Republican nominee as of now. I cannot make that commitment because my party at the national level has become a Xerox copy, basically, of the Democratic Party, ... Face The Nation.

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