Monday link dump: Snake attack

• Look, I don't have any proof, but I don't think this anecdote is true: "George Will recalled that [J.D. Hayworth] jogged wearing a T-shirt that read, 'If two teenagers can procreate in the back seat of a Volkswagen, why does a spotted owl need 2,000 acres?'" That is just a lot to fit on a T-shirt.
• Minnesota state Sen. Tarryl Clark is now the sole Democratic challenger to Michele Bachmann.
• But the New York GOP can't unite around one challenger to Kirsten Gillibrand.
• How did you celebrate Bilderberg weekend? Did you secretly rule the world?
• Here is a story about yet another "Tea Party candidate" who did a crazy thing. This one called 911 because someone (her political opponents, I mean) put a snake in her pool.

By Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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