Even though Mitt Romney is generally loathed in tea party circles, he was the best they could hope for, and now that hope is dashed. Well, sort of. Judson Phillips wrote one of his crazy posts for World Net Daily, that bastion of solid unbiased reporting, suggesting that electors should refuse to show up to the electoral college because without a quorum, the decision would move to the House of Representatives. Yes, Mr. Phillips is one of the malevolent voices of the right who just cannot deal with the fact that the nation re-elected President Obama by the highest popular vote margins since Lyndon Johnson. It's out of his intellectual and emotional reach, evidently. Here's part of what he wrote: One small problem. Phillips incorrectly reads the 12th amendment, as Jason Easley at Politicususa explains: This has not stopped the idea from finding a life in the viral right-wing email atmosphere, where visions of death panels and Kenyan births are regular inbox denizens. Now those email strands have inspired an Idaho lawmaker to cling to this as the solution to their devastating election loss. The Idaho Statesman reports: ” She is debunked in a pretty blunt way by constitutional scholar David Adler, who explains that in the electoral college, one need only have 270 votes. No quorum is required. Just 270 electors voting for one candidate. You think Barack Obama is worried about this crazy challenge? This has left Nuxoll bereft. Read more http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/tea-party-refuses-accept-reality-opts-despe
