Macomb Man Leads Modern Whig Party's Revival in Michigan
Worried about the growing gap between Democrats and Republicans, Gregory Schlitt was drawn to the Modern Whig's common sense approach to government and is now the party's third chairman in Michigan history.
Virtually extinct since the Civil War, the Modern Whig Party of America is planning a comeback to American politics and a Macomb Township man is leading the charge in Michigan. On May 25, the Modern Whig Party appointed Gregory Schlitt, a 37-year-old Macomb Township resident, to serve as acting chairman of the party’s Michigan Chapter. This appointment makes Schlitt only the third chairman in the state committee’s history. A member of the Modern Whig Party for just over a year, Schlitt said it was the party’s “very balanced approach” to issues that convinced him to take an active role in reviving the party that once counted Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay and William Henry Harrison among its members. “Republicans and Democrats in and of …
Alan Reynolds
1:05 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Modern-Whig-Party-of-Michigan-Official/384231164977840 hope the link works for people, i'm also guessing the email should be: Michigan@modernwhig.org, instead of .com though I could be wrong CA Whig Deputy Chair, South Pasadena, CA Patch blogger (posting from a long way off) more ›