Michigan Politics

Sources tell me the Dem Party higher ups will be making a decision soon about which ballot proposals to push. It seems some of the voter access ideas are putting the fear of God (or at least Karl Rove, I don't know which is worse) in the state GOP. The republicans were a bit too greedy in the last re-districting, they are in a position to lose both the house, senate and congressional delegation. Meanwhile, Stabenow and Granholm look to be in solidish positions. The GOP are going to fight furiously this election and they know every bit will count from here on out. Tim Skubick writes in the LSJ about national party interference in these balot matters. On the money front, the neither party is messing around, check out these numbers from MCFN.org:

Rank		Name	01/05-7/05		01/03-7/03		Change(%)		2004 Cycle
1		House Republican Campaign Committee	1,023,796		500,607		104.5		3,019,668
2		Senate Republican Campaign Committee	787,230		551,451		42.8		1,448,961
3		House Democratic Fund	545,201		276,325		97.3		1,927,803
4		Senate Democratic Fund	373,531		203,524		83.5		568,086

2006 is gonna be a brawl.