Ken Cuccinelli

Virginia AG Cuccinelli: 'A Tea Partier Before There Was A Tea Party'

Zachary Roth | April 12, 2010, 8:50AM

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli

When Ken Cuccinelli ran last year to be attorney general of Virginia, he made no effort to hide his strident conservatism.

Cuccinelli made the Gadsden Flag -- which, with its "Don't Tread On Me" message, has lately been adopted by Tea Partiers -- an official symbol of his campaign. He told a crowd he was thinking of not registering his son for a social security number because "it is being used to track you." He even seemed to flirt with Birtherism. "Ken was a tea partier before there was a Tea Party," one Virginia Republican told the New York Times recently.

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Health care lawsuits

Getting Wacky Out There -- Health Care Lawsuits Spark Calls For Impeachment And Twitter Throwdowns

Christina Bellantoni | April 1, 2010, 10:58AM

Clockwise: Michigan AG Mike Cox (R), Georgia AG Thurbert Baker (D), South Carolina AG Andre Bauer (R), Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) and Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli (R)

Passing health care reform may have sometimes seemed like a circus. The shenanigans surrounding lawsuits attempting to declare it unconstitutional are starting to look like the sideshow.

Lawsuits are popping up in 15 states, dividing top officials and creating confusion among citizens who want to know how their Medicaid may change. But they also have thrust attorneys general seeking higher office and national notoriety into the spotlight. There have been calls for a Constitutional convention, impeachment and even Twitter throwdowns.

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox (R) tweeted last night that Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) was wrong that he was backing down from the lawsuit.

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