So GOP Senate Candidate Hector Maldonado Is Birther

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. 

Though this revelation says a lot about Maldonado's grasp on reality, it hardly places him outside the mainstream of the Missouri Republican Party.  In addition to Blunt, Rep. Tim Jones, Rep. Cynthia Davis, Rep. Ed Emery and Rep. Casey Guernsey have all publicly questioned Barack Obama's citizenship, months or years after the relevant questions had been addressed.  In addition, Rep. Robert Cooper and 15 of his House colleagues sponsored legislation last year addressing the concerns Maldonado raised in the clip above, hoping to have the Missouri SOS conduct a new investigation of Barry Soetoro's Kenyan birth.