Even liberal blue-state Marylanders are tired of having their wealth redistributed. Which is why Gov. Martin O’Malley’s signature legislation granting in-state tuition to children of illegal immigrants is in trouble. O’Malley’s campaign has asked his top supporters for donations to Casa de Maryland’s $10 million effort to defeat a statewide referendum on the 2011 Dream Act in November, in case ongoing attempts to block the referendum fail in court.

Brad Botwin, director of Help Save Maryland, isn’t worried. He says recent polls indicate a majority of Maryland voters, struggling to educate their own children, do not want to pay $44,000 for each illegal immigrant to attend college at in-state rates.