[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

One thing that troubled me deeply was when he was on Fred’s campaign for a time.

From what I've read, Abraham was chairman of the MI GOP from 1983 to 1990, and in that time helped John Engler build the party up to a majority status, with Engler as governor and the GOP taking both houses of the legislature. My guess at the time was that Fred saw Abraham as a guy to help build his campaign, and (hopefully) not someone who'd be a big policy advisor.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yes, that’s correct he was the MI GOP Chair, though prior to his Senate run, he’d never served in any elective office before. I just found it remarkable how politically tone-deaf he was to the concerns of an overwhelming number of Republicans on the issue of immigration. People were warning him ahead of time he was in serious jeopardy, and he refused to budge, and his loss wasn’t even that big a surprise. It just didn’t demonstrate a lot of sense or smarts, which is why I was quite concerned Fred chose him. He was bad news.