If political consultant Jeff Timmer and his political allies are successful in rounding up 45,000 signatures to create his envisioned "Common Sense Party," don't expect to see a traditional convention nominate its own slate of general election candidates. That's not the direction the founding fathers of this fledgling party are headed. Instead, Timmer, former U.S. Rep. Dave Trott, former U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz, Bob LaBrant and others are looking to turn the clock back to the 1880s when the "Fusionist Party" concept was so popular it elected Michigan's 19th governor, Josiah Begole. Under this concept, the Common Sense Party would
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