Whack Job

On the eve of his declaration that many marriages in Virginia are invalid The Washington Note says of Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli: At this point, the list of Cuccinelli's excesses is getting pretty long. Virginia's AG has, after all, been palling around with radicals, recently considered a literacy test for some Virginians wishing to vote, questioned President Obama's citizenship, rescinded legal protections for gays at Virginia universities, argued publicly that it doesn't cost the public any money when he and his office work on a frivolous lawsuit, launched a bizarre climate change witch hunt, and, of course temporarily added a modesty shield to Virginia's great seal.

Ken Cuccinelli is a young and rising star in the GOP. He's also insane. Which says as much about the party as it does about Mr Cuccinelli.