Well, at least now we know. The Lansing State Journal reports today the Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm thinks “there are a lot of good ideas” in a proposed amendment to rewrite Michigan’s Constitution and she won’t oppose it.

This is the same ballot initiative that was denounced by the Detroit News as a raw “power grab of this state’s judiciary.” It’s the same ballot initiative that a smoking gun PowerPoint slideshow confirmed was designed to rig the political rules in Michigan “to help Democrats.” It’s the same ballot initiative that was exposed as a ploy to allow Democrats to gerrymander state districts so they could seize control of the legislature. It’s the same ballot initiative that has been repudiated by every respectable opinion outlet in Michigan – a scheme so dishonorable and nakedly partisan that even prominent trial lawyers are coming out against it.

But Gov. Granholm “thinks there are a lot of good ideas” in it.

Gov. Granholm’s embrace of this discredited proposal reveals a great deal about the intellectual bankruptcy of Michigan’s Democratic Party. Rather than competing for votes by offering persuasive ideas for reviving the state’s economy, Michigan Democrats hatch a scheme to trick voters into handing them power.

Maybe Gov. Granholm just figured she was already in too deep to disavow the sham ballot petition. After all, she and Lt. Gov. Cherry did funnel campaign funds into the development of this proposal. But when you’ve got a losing hand, isn’t it better to fold than to double down?

…Also in the Lansing State Journal today, columnist Tim Skubick has another take on the decision by Marietta Robinson to drop out of the race against Supreme Court Chief Justice Cliff Taylor.