Let's take a moment to think about this, I've been following and relatively agreeing (enough that I didn't post, like that Chuck? )
Spark color may not be blue in his eyes versus ours. If you pull a wire off the coil and you see a decent spark jump 1/4 to full inch, you have enough spark to light off fuel vapor.
You said the plugs were soaked at one point. That would lead us to a couple ideas
1. You turned the key off and on a lot w/o starting it.
2. You aren't getting spark. (hence why you've gone down that road)
The bolt/ground you were talking about belongs right here on the smaller stud of the coil pack bracket mount, right near the water pump.
(Chuck..nearly any pic you might ever want to show someone is in my pb photobucket with password Boost or Boosted, I forget at the moment. Direct link Login to a private Photobucket.com album )
So let's go over a few things.
1. Is the battery fully charged? If not, please charge it on a 2amp charge for 24 hours.
2. Are the plugs wet, If yes, please remove them and crank the motor over for a full 15 seconds w/o letting your hand off the ignition key. Then leave the plugs out while the battery is charging. Put them in only when the battery is fully charged. (remember each time you turn the key from off to on, the fuel injectors prime the cylinders with fuel to start, too much fuel and you are flooded.)
3. If 1 or 2 was performed then after the 24 hours, turn the key to on and then start. Do not touch the throttle at all. If the motor does not start up and run right, turn the key off. Unplug the maf sensor, this time use some throttle when you try to start the car and keep the motor running via the throttle if it does start. Keep it running for about a minute. Then slowly let your foot off the throttle. It likely will stay running at that point. If this makes it start, you have a bad maf sensor.