Then there's the issue of who would be allowed to vote in the primary. The Michigan Democratic and Republican parties will learn in two weeks if a federal judge will allow the secretary of state's office to give them lists of who voted in the January primary and which ballot -- Democratic or Republican -- they took.

Those lists would be used to keep anyone who voted in the Jan. 15 Republican primary -- even if they were a Democrat or independent -- from voting in the do-over Democratic election.

That could anger banned voters, especially since many voted in the GOP election because Clinton was the only major candidate on the Democratic ballot, making that race largely a beauty contest.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.  I thought the whole idea of cross-over voting to create havoc was a myth?  Didn't we hear constantly that those sorts of reports were widely over-reported and over-estimated?  Now a news service no less venerable than the Associated Press admits that "many" Democrats voted in the GOP election?  

But that's another post entirely.  

And that's a bridge no one needs to cross for quite some time yet.  We're still a long ways from looking at a situation where the Michigan legislature, the same House and Senate that moved our election to January in the first place, understanding then that it violated GOP and Democrat party rules, would vote to burn legally held and certified election results so we could do it all over again.

So I'd like to propose tomorrow's Solution of the Day.  Howard Dean doesn't even have to give me credit for it.  He can claim it as his own.  

SEAT THE DELEGATES.  Michigan voters already went to the polls.  We already voted.  We already had our say.  We already told you what we wanted.  Stop ignoring us.  Stop treating us like we have the plague.  Listen to us.  Listen to our issues.  Recognize our delegates in Denver.  There.  Easy.  Problem solved.  

Now, while I'm playing the role of the fixer maybe I could offer a little more free advice.  To the UAW leadership striking American Axle because the company can't afford to pay $73 an hour while their American competitors pay $20 - $30 an hour, stop acting like idiots, get back to the bargaining table and make some concessions.  Things aren't getting any better and it's impacting tens of thousands of your members in other plants.  The FREEP reports:

Rod Lache, a New York-based analyst with Deutsche Bank AG, said Wednesday that General Motors will lose $450 million in operating profit by the end of this week because of production cuts caused by a strike.

The strike has idled the four American Axle plants that are covered by the contract, which expired Feb. 25.

The impact has spread to 29 GM plants that have had to shut down or cut production of mostly pickups and large SUVs because of parts shortages. Forecasting firm CSM Worldwide said the strike has caused GM to lose production of 5,300 vehicles per day. By the end of this week, lost production could add up to 48,000 vehicles.

That could be prettier, couldn't it?  But hey, the big fat-cat union leadership, they're willing to kill 30,000 great jobs to protect a couple thousand folks who're making a heck of a lot more than the market allows.  Anytime there's sheer lunacy anywhere in the State just look for the union label.  

Not that you'd find it anywhere on Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.  His lunacy is entirely home grown.  All of the media outlets are reporting this morning on what a rough day he had yesterday.  The business community came as close as they could to telling him to resign, the Governor still doesn't' have his back, the City Council is going to hold hearings and force him to answer more questions, the Prosecutor claims to have uncovered additional information and could file formal charges as early as March 24th and the one Republican who's consistently defended the guy against those Manoogian Mansion rumors, Attorney General Mike Cox, jumped ship in fiery fashion.

The Detroit News reports:

Kilpatrick's speech, in which he accused the media of a "lynch-mob mentality" and used the N-word, was "reprehensible," Cox said. "I thought his statements were race-baiting on par with David Duke and George Wallace, all to save his political career. I'm not a Detroiter, but last night crossed the line.

"I've been hesitant to speak out in case we were to get the (criminal) case referred to us. But those statements not only hurt Detroit, (but) as long as the mayor is there, he will be a drag on the whole region.

"The mayor clearly does not understand that he is not bigger than the city or the people he serves."

Reading that I imagine Cox's advice to the Mayor would be the same as mine.  Resign.  For the love of Faygo, step down now.  Consider it the right thing to do.  Consider it a gift to the City.  Heck, consider it an extended family vacation.  Just please leave so someone can start cleaning up your mess.  

Oh, and a special note to whoever that "someone" winds up being... there's a corpse making it's way around the D these past couple of days.  It's this old, vile, decrepit thing that was pronounced dead and then buried a little less than a year ago.  If you can find that thing, pump a couple rounds into it and stick it back in the ground that'd be great.  Bobby Ferguson's got a Tech-9 if you need it.