They don’t make crazy like they used to.

Back before Reps. Steve King, Michele Bachmann, and the Tea Party frosh, we had Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN), who will not be running for reelection this year, we learned today.

Yeah, yeah, you may say he was never as crazy as the current crop of comers. Maybe not, but he gave them a run for their money and one thing about Burton set him apart: Unlike today’s pretenders, Burton wielded the chairman’s gavel. Read More

Romney says Mitt v Newt spending not so imbalanced when you include the spending by SEIU.

A whopping 70 percent of the contributions to Jon Huntsman’s PAC came from his old man.