Cornel West Off the Ballot in Michigan

The failure of the GOP to get Cornel West on the ballot tells us something about the state of the Republican Party

In another blow for the Trump campaign Cornel West was denied access to the ballot in Michigan. West, once a darling of the intellectual left, has been running a far-left, no-chance campaign for president. While it is tempting to describe West’s campaign as quixotic, over the last few months it had become something much more nefarious than that.