bizarre presidential candidate who told february's national tea party convention that it was high time for literacy tests to be revived so as to thin the ranks of the voting eligible. tom tancredo says he is standing by, he would like an existing independent candidate to drop out so he can get that spot on the gubernatorial ballot to become the next distinguished governor from the state of ain't never going to happen. tom tancredo, always just what the doctor ordered, provided the doctor is a democrat. that brings us to nevada. again, another state that should be turning up red republican roses right now but look at the state of republican principles in nevada. incumbent senator john ensign famously had an affair with his staffer, who was married to another one of his staffers, may or may not have violated ethics rules by trying to get the husband of his mistress a job, which is why he is now the subject of a senate ethics probe, and bingo, an fbi investigation. that is why senator ensign would