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Posted at 8:21am on May 22, 2008 MORE Dem in-fighting? It's a beautiful sight... except for that whole disenfranchisement thing

By RightMichigan.com

Cross-posted on Right Michigan at www.RightMichigan.com.

We're all involved in politics because we care.  We care about issues, we care about debates... we care about people.  And most readers of this particular site are involved because that love for people leads them to a certain philosophy that's almost universally at odds with the personalities and philosophy of the American left.  So we jump into the fight.  We argue, we debate and we wage a war of ideas to try to hold that liberal philosophy at bay.

That can be a tough job here in Michigan.  We're a state that's grown bluer and bluer in recent years.  And lets be honest... historically the Democrats have been better organized than we are in Michigan.  They've got the unions and enough xenophobia, scare tactics and class, race and gender warfare cards up their sleeves to keep certain voting blocks firmly in their camp.  So it's always nice when we get a little bit of help battling the left.  Especially when that help comes from... the left?

Something must be in the non-diverted water these days because Michigan Democrats are at each other's throats this week.  Yesterday we heard the first shot fired when 7th Congressional District Dem candidate Sharon Renier officially challenged a few hundred of Dem front-runner Mark Schauer's petition signatures.  Not enough to get him kicked off the ballot but enough to send a signal.  She's in this race, she doesn't like the glass ceiling the 7th District Dems built into the race to keep women down and she's going to fight tooth and nail to smash it.

And this morning the good news just keeps coming.  The Associated Press reports that the 13th Congressional District Democrat primary might just see a seated incumbent Congresswoman bumped out of Washington DC because she screwed up her petitions.

Former state Rep. Mary Waters has challenged the petition signatures collected by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, who is seeking re-election in the 13th Congressional District.

Waters filed the formal challenge Tuesday with the Wayne County Clerk's office. She also is contesting the signatures of state Sen. Martha Scott, another congressional candidate in the August primary.

State law requires 1,000 valid signatures to place a candidate's name on the ballot.

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