[Feel free to ignore this post if you aren’t at all interested in the subject matter] Just received the following email regarding Libertarian congressional candidate and erstwhile hypnotist/fitness trainer/human rights investigator/polymath/scientific wrestling expert Jake Shannon:

It’s been mentioned before, but something to watch as a gauge of how seriously the GOP establishment took the message sent them by the Tea Party earlier this month is to whom they give the Chairmanship of the House Energy & Commerce Committee. One candidate getting serious consideration is Fred Upton, whose voting record shows (among other things) an affinity for both the EPA and federally mandated light bulbs, support

I think as a presidential candidate, Chris Christie would make a great NJ governor. Not that he’s planning on running for another office anytime soon. Just, well, I want to be clear about how I view the conservative flavor of the month. Because between his implied Ground Zero mosque support (or at least, his manner of chastising those opposing it), the Castle endorsement, the Palin-bashing, his weakness on real immigration