Romney Again Demonstrates His Corrupt Cronyism in Michigan

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Romney gets Michigan delegate victory - CNN.com

In addition, Republican officials in Michigan announced Thursday they rejiggered the delegate allocation from Tuesday's primary to give Romney 16 of the 30 available, with 14 going to Santorum.

The change was because of an expected penalty against Michigan by the Republican National Committee for holding the primary earlier than desired, according to the Michigan Republican Party.

Romney won the popular vote, receiving 41% to 38% for Santorum, but the initial delegate count was 15 for each. That had given Santorum some bragging rights for holding his own in the state where the better-financed Romney grew up and where his father was governor.

Santorum's campaign accused Romney of engineering the delegate reallocation.

"We've all heard rumors that Mitt Romney was furious that he spent a fortune in his home state, had all the political establishment connections and could only manage a tie," spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement. "But we never thought the Romney campaign would try to rig the outcome of an election by changing the rules after the vote. This kind of back-room dealing political thuggery just cannot and should not happen in America."

The GOP also has a rule that primaries prior to April have to be proportional and not winner take all.

When you compare how the GOP leadership is still allowing Romney to claim all delegates from Florida and Arizona in violation of said rule, but cooperating with the Romnuts to 'rejigger' the rules to give Romney a win in delegate count in Michigan, the sense that the GOP is beyond redemably corrupt is just hard to ignore.