The dysfunction that has been the hallmark of the Michigan Republican Party in the last two years is not just a bug in the GOP state party system. Increasingly, it appears to be a feature. As the battle over who is the actual leader of the MIGOP continues to play out in dueling press releases and alternate websites from Chair Kristina Karamo and Co-Chair Malinda Pego, the core function of the party — raising money to get Republicans elected to office and keeping them there — has been derailed by a fundraising drought and leadership selection process that seemingly caters to an ever more extrem…