Sharron Angle Tops Wingnuts Index

There's no shortage of seemingly unhinged Senate candidates out there, but who's the craziest of them all? The Daily Beast has compiled a "Wingnuts Index," judging the Senate hopefuls on criteria including belief in conspiracy theories, special interest-driven voting records, and incidents where the candidates have been called out for lying. Among its Top 15:

• Nevada Republican Sharron Angle takes first place, helped along by her claim that Sharia law has taken over a Texas town.

• South Carolina Republican and RINO-hunter extraordinaire Jim DeMint, rumored to be planning a White House bid, is ranked second, largely for his "unrepentant social conservatism."
• Calling it a sign of just how crazy this campaign season has become, the Daily Beast awards not first or second but third place to Delaware's Christine O'Donnell, famed for dabbling in witchcraft and labeling evolution a myth.
• At seventh, California's Barbara Boxer is highest-ranking wingnut from the left. Boxer—who claimed opponent Carly Fiorina’s anti-abortion beliefs translate into "women and doctors in jail"—has managed to become a polarizing figure even in her reliably Democratic home state.

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