2012 Republican presidential candidate and Tea Party darling Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann made yet another mistake on the campaign trail, this time going out of her way to mention the birthday of Elvis Presley (it was the the anniversary of his death).

Former Arkansas Governor and 2008 GOP runner-up Mike Huckabee hosted Tim and Beverly LaHaye, two of the founders of the Moral Majority, on his Fox News program. LaHaye, an evangelical Baptist minister and a graduate of Bob Jones University, is best-known for the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-wrote with Jerry B. Jenkins. As if the above isn't enough to disqualify Tim LaHaye from a public forum, he also has ties to the conspiratorial-minded John Birch Society and is the founder of the Institute for Creation Research but Mike Huckabee apparently thinks a man with such outlandish views is worthy of having them aired.

In the segment, Huckabee asks LaHaye if we are now living in the End Times? To which, LaHaye responds affirmatively and, of course, blaming Obama and the Democrats for such a development.

I'm confused. Isn't that what they want? If the End Times is the goal of Apocalyptic Christianity, you would think that they would be dancing in the streets though I understand that Baptists frown on dancing.

Several sources are confirming the defeat of Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) in the West Virginia Democratic Primary to State Senator Michael Oliverio. Alan Mollohan was a 27 (roughly) year veteran incumbent who held the seat, and didn’t even face an opposition in his last election. This victory for Oliverio comes after a controversial healthcare vote cast by Mollohan. Oliverio opposes the current healthcare law, and many in the state also oppose it.
This from the fix blog:

West Virginia Democratic Rep. Alan Mollohan lost his bid for a 15th term tonight at the hands of state Sen. Mike Oliverio, a defeat that further affirms the anti-incumbent sentiment coursing through the country.

Mollohan hadn’t faced a serious primary fight in more than a decade and was seen in some circles as unbeatable given that the 1st district seat had been in his family since 1968. (His father held it from 1968-1982 before handing it off to the son.)

But, Oliverio, who served a single term in the state House of Delegates before being elected to the state Senate in 1994, ran hard against Mollohan’s entrenched incumbent status and the lingering whiff of ethics problems that had dogged the Congressman for years.

Out of Washington Post

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — W.Va. congressman Alan Mollohan defeated in Democratic primary; ends 28-year run in US House

I'm passing this along from dailykos since many of you don't visit there.  Delaware Dem (YAY!!) has the scoop

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