Politics: Now the Louisville Courier-Journal is wondering

why Jim Bunning has been acting so strange his entire campaign against Dr. Dan Mongiardo in KY.

Used to, Bunning was just a disgrace because of his politics. This time around, he's accused his Italian-American opponent of looking like Saddam Hussein's sons, demanded extra security as he might be the target of an Al-Quaeda attack, all but refused to debate his opponent, used a teleprompter when he finally agreed to do so, has claimed the support of a union that most certainly wasn't supporting him, etc.

The sickest thing? He's still eight points up in the polls.

Now, I don't think it's pleasant at all if Bunning is in fact suffering from any sort of dementia. It's very sad, and even if I don't particularly appreciate the results of his career, I can still appreciate somebody who was trying to serve his country. But you can't be an effective senator with slow onset dementia--that is simply not fair to the voters who believe they are voting for someone that is capable of serving in a full capacity. It's very worrisome that the Republicans might be so afraid of losing their slim majority in the Senate that they'd continue to run a near-sure-thing candidate like Bunning despite the obvious ethical considerations in doing so.

I hope we're wrong. But if we're not, there's something that sucks in the KY Republican party.