certifiably insane Republicans

Whether in Richmond or in DC, GOP-ers make the case that they're mutant life forms -- possibly from Outer Space?

Virginia Board of Elections Chairman Charles E. Judd, former executive director of the state Republican party, certified Democrat Mark Herring's win in the attorney-general vote count but voiced concern about "the integrity of the vote count." He somehow neglected to mention Neville Chamberlain or Hitler."In the eyes of Republicans, the agreement with Iran has a fatal flaw: It was negotiated by the Obama administration.

Paul Krugman asks if we should be surprised that "Republican assertions about what ails the economy are pure fantasy"

"I can't think of a time when a party's economic doctrine has been so completely divorced from reality."-- Paul Krugman, in his NYT column today, "Phony Fear Factor"by Ken"So Republican assertions about what ails the economy are pure fantasy," Paul writes in his column, "at odds with all the evidence.

Is "system" really the word for our two-party, er, arrangement?

Do Republicans really grasp the significance of having people like VA Atty. Gen. (and 2013 gubernatorial candidate) "Cuckoo Ken" Cuccinelli as the face of their party? The Dems meanwhile have their own problems; we'll get to that.by KenIt's not exactly news that here at DWT we don't have a whole lot of hope for either of our major political parties. And since Howie has, as usual, been keeping us up to date on the horror shows of both, I haven't felt the need to chime in.