All of that said, the temptation is stronger than ever the way coverage of this Reform Michigan Government Now fiasco is redlining.  The discussion surrounding the extremists' takeover attempt is pervasive.  We've got stories that the "Black Caucus" in the state Legislature is calling for Mark Brewer's scalp (or a "divorce" as Bert Johnson puts it) since they believe the petition targets them disproportionately.

We've got the Governor and LG John Cherry admitting they helped finance the project last calendar year but their names never appear on any committee paperwork, indicating a serious and gross violation of Michigan campaign finance regulations.  

We've got Rich Robinson at the Michigan Campaign Finance Network ignoring the blatant illegality (not that HE's in the tank for anyone here).  

There's the complaint filed this week by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce officially pursuing the violations that the state's top campaign finance "watchdog" decided to ignore.

General dissatisfaction with the plan by legislative Democrats.

And we've even got the first official mention of a long-standing rumor surrounding possible House Democrat involvement in the drafting and endorsement of the petition.  Lansing insider publication MIRS mentions the buzz in generalities and doesn't drop the name that's been making it's way around the Capitol City for nearly a month.  I won't mention it either since I know the way the Lansing rumor mill works (it is usually accurate but impossible to source "on-the-record") but his initials are Andy Dillon.

There's Alma Wheeler Smith, a far-left Democrat extremist who we take to the mat frequently on this site (including this morning), telling Tim Skubick that she believes there was "no way" for signers to know what they were really signing and that "it was blindsiding the electorate."

And the hits just keep on coming.  So clear an hour and a half from your schedule today, open a can of Pepsi and put on your reading glasses... this is just some of the MSM coverage in the last twenty-four-ish hours of a story that broke first on RightMichigan.com.

Read on...