Allen West

The Crazy Class Of 2010: Meet The New GOP Stars

Eric Kleefeld | November 4, 2010, 8:38AM

Reps.-elect Allen West (R-FL), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Tim Walberg (R-MI)

With the 60-odd gains for the House Republicans, let's take a special look at a particular brand of Republicans, whose ranks have potentially been enlarged tonight: The Crazy Caucus, those members of Congress who become especially well known for saying and doing things that are not just very conservative, not just right-wing...but really out there.

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Current folks that we've kept track of have included Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Rep. Steve King (R-IA), and Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA). It can be hard, looking at a crop of 60 incoming freshmen, to know exactly who will or won't distinguish themselves in this area. But in particular, four GOP pickups offer a lot of promise.

Other folks could very well pop up in the next two years, but these four bear close watching.

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