Hector Maldonado

GOP Senate Candidate Hector Maldonado has a theme song.  It's...something.

GOP Senate candidate Hector Maldonado made a strong move this weekend to shore up the birther vote in the August primary.  In the clip, you'll see Maldonado explain how he thinks his rights were violated when the Secretary of State's office asked for proof of U.S. citizenship when he filed to run for the Senate. 

While Roy Blunt has openly flirted with the birthers -- even accusing the Missouri press of being incapable of covering the issue -- Maldonado is the only candidate for U.S. Senate (to my knowledge) who is talking about filing a new birther lawsuit before the August primary. 

Yesterday, St. Louis Tea Party Coalition leader Bill Hennessy announced the organization's support for the U.S. Senate Primary Candidate Forum spearheaded by the Franklin County Patriots.  In an email initiation to supporters, Campaign for Liberty activist Laura Hausladen explained that the March 20 event is intended to address the "great deal of restlessness and discord over the apparent anointment of [Roy] Blunt."

Each of the Republican Party candidates -- except for Blunt -- have confirmed that they will be attending.

Given his long record in Washington, Blunt has had a hard time warming up to the tea party crowd.  He was the #3 House leader in Washington as Republicans grew government spending and deficits, never figured out a way to pay for huge government programs like the Medicare Part D benefit, and was the leader of the House GOP efforts to pass the TARP legislation last year. And Blunt didn't just vote for the TARP legislation -- he was one of the key GOP leaders begging his colleagues to change their votes.