This has not been a banner week for the Republican Party, especially here in Michigan.
A few weeks after two Tea Party darlings were revealed to have had an affair, both were forced out of office late last week - only to both announce that they are running to get their former seats back.
Then of course there's the embarrassing sh*t-show that is the Republican presidential contest - which seems to have taken yet another odd turn on Mackinac Island, the Lake Huron vacation destination which this weekend is hosting the Michigan Republican Leadership Conference (they have a loose definition of "leadership").
Things got a little... physical. (More after the croissant.)
It will be up to the county prosecutor to decide whether criminal charges will be filed after a barroom incident early Friday morning in which a campaign official for a Republican presidential candidate accused a campaign official for another presidential candidate of assaulting him, the island's police chief said Friday.
"We've forwarded a complaint of an alleged assault to the Mackinac County prosecutor," Mackinac Island Police Chief Brett Riccinto told the Free Press. Whether any criminal charges will be filed "would be up to the prosecutor."
A huge Republican political gathering on Mackinac Island got under way early Friday morning with a barroom incident in which a top official for presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio allegedly threw a punch at a Michigan consultant working for Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
The alleged incident took place at Horn's Bar, a popular nightspot on Mackinac Island, which hosts the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, which is held every other year and has drawn six GOP presidential hopefuls this year.
Video at the link.
One wonders if Michigan native Gerald Ford is rolling in his grave over what has happened to his party.