Orly Taitz lost the GOP primary for California secretary of state.
Incumbent Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) was forced into a runoff for the Republican nomination by a more conservative opponent.
It’s funny how things can be sitting there in plain sight but only to get a lot more attention when a candidate wins a nomination or gets pushed to the center stage of a campaign. Our reporter, Evan McMorris-Santoro, interviewed Sharron back at the Tea Party Express meeting in DC in April. And during their talk, Angle told Evan that she was a member of the far-right “Oath Keepers.”
When we did some more reporting on this yesterday, it turns out that because the “Oath Keepers” have some pretty arcane membership rules — you actually have to be serving in uniform — she may only be an “associate member” rather than a “member”. The idea behind the Oath Keepers is that you pledge that as a soldier or law enforcement officer you won’t obey any orders that conflict with the Tea Party interpretation of the Constitution, including rounding up ordinary Americans into concentration camps. But she says she’s a member and she’s actively solicited their support in her campaign.
The tea party insurrection — part grassroots movement, part co-opted astroturfism — made some inroads last night. Whether Republicans or, indirectly, Democrats were the beneficiaries of the tea party successes will be the real story come fall. We take a look at last night’s tea party losers and winners.
Nikki Haley was on Fox & Friends this morning. Let’s just say it wasn’t an inquisition. Watch.
Special Bonus Feature: Dana Perino was guest hosting on the F&F sectional sofa.
BP share prices have gone off a cliff today. Earlier this afternoon, they were as low as they’ve been since 1997, but they’ve declined farther since then.
It’s not just South Carolina Republicans who bring us more than their share of The Crazy. That no-name Democrat who didn’t run a campaign to speak of but still managed to win the party’s nomination to challenge Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)? Well, he has an outstanding felony charge against him for allegedly showing obscene photos to a South Carolina college student.
Honestly I’m not sure what that charge is. Showing someone an obscene photo? I’m not sure I’ve come across that being criminally charged before. The AP story doesn’t make any reference to the student being a minor. We’re trying to figure our more on this. But there’s your Democratic Senate nominee in South Carolina.
“It’s a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time.”
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour? No, Amity Mayor Larry Vaughn, from the movie Jaws.
Jon Stewart does the honors.
Father’s Day is just around the corner, and Blackwater’s retail division has the perfect gift for the special mercenary in your life:
