 the 500000000 man  with the dust still settling from the republican state convention there is a lot of talk among the ldquo conservative rdquo base of the state party about what they will do in the november general election in regard to voting for the top of the gop ticket even though lieutenant governor candidate brian calley and challenger wes nakagiri stood on stage with the governor as a gesture of unity nakagiri walked away knowing that ldquo money rdquo and ldquo the machine rdquo always wins considering how many moneyed special interests played a part in calley rsquo s landslide win and the amount of money that was spent to assure calley rsquo s win nakagiri was fighting a losing battle from the start what other outcome could have been expected with calley and company spending an estimated 5000000 in comparison to nakagiri rsquo s 13000 if you break down the numbers with calley garnering 65 of the vote from 1365 of the 2100 voting delegates you can see that he spent 3662 per delegate vote nakagiri on the other side received around 735 votes that worked out to 17 per delegate vote the question now becomes what does the november election portend for the future of the republican party in michigan and for governor snyder and terri lynn land at the voting booth there is no question the ldquo tea party liberty rdquo wing of the party is not going to go down without a fight they have a bad taste lingering in their mouth about the tactics that were implemented by the influential big money interests of the party and the maneuvers of the state party to accomplish their orchestrated agenda the final outcome will depend on what transpires between now and the general election in november it will all hinge on what ultimately transpires in the michigan legislature and the governor rsquo s agenda leading up to the november general election until ten we will continue to see more of the governor rsquo s ldquo positive relentless action rdquo that he so often touts already various interest groups are jockeying to their controversial pieces of legislation passed knowing that arms can be twisted and deals made before the term limited legislators are gone from lansing among the legislation that could suddenly jump to the top of the house and senate calendars upon their return from summer break could well be the ldquo elliotlarsen civil rights act rdquo to address the lgbt issues regarding discrimination the reintroduction of the michigan obamacare exchange and an increase in taxes and or fees to address road funding if these issues are fast tracked through by the governor and passed the ldquo tea party wackos rdquo as they are often referred to may well stay away from the ballot booth not vote for governor or even vote for democrat mark schauer in november in the end a significant wing of the republican party has been alienated and told that we want your vote but not your voice the problem is if you don rsquo t give them a voice you may very well not have their vote but who cares calley got on the ballot and it only cost around 5000000 or so there rsquo s always 2016 ndash right seems like we have heard that saying before until election day it rsquo s a waiting game to see what happens as politicians ply their skills in the high stakes game that will ultimately impact all of us in many ways   the 500000000 man  