DE GOP Goes full on crazy – OR – In a room full of deranged nutbags, could you spot the VERY deranged nutbags?

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Celia Cohen writes... Newt Gingrich, who has been left for dead in politics enough times to be the envy of Richard Nixon, nevertheless nudged out Mitt Romney in a modest presidential straw poll, taken Wednesday evening by the state Republicans at a Delaware Day dinner. The tally had Gingrich with 39 votes, Romney with 38 votes, Rick Santorum from neighboring Pennsylvania with six votes, Ron Paul with five votes, and five other candidates splitting another 10 votes, including two write-ins for Sarah Palin.

Another Pat Tillman?

It appears that we might have another Pat Tillman-like case on our hands. Tillman, you may remember, was an outstanding defensive player for the Arizona Cardinals, who gave up his…

Wednesday Open Thread [12.14.11]

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"If Governor Perry, a self-proclaimed Christian, is really interested in channeling the cares and concerns of Jesus, he might consider saying a word about poverty and injustice, which seemed to have concerned Jesus even more than gays in the military. Sometimes the worst advertisements for Christianity are its adherents."

Castle’s Signature Achievement is a “Waste.” Castle Agrees.

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Mike Castle likes coins. He likes coins so much that he has sponsored various pieces of legislation regarding coins. The state quarter thing, that was Castle. Coins celebrating the national parks, that was Castle. The Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005? Castle's idea. An idea so popular and wanted with and by the people that 1.4 billion coins are sitting in the Federal Reserve's valuts due to lack of demand.