Could the Republican National Committee Convention get any… screwier?  I suppose in terms of screws, it dodged a bullet with this one

Trump was offered a major speaking role during the convention, but has told the Romney campaign that he relishes the role he plays as an independent voice and believes his support of the Romney campaign could be served in other ways. The Romney camp is said to have already proposed to Trump how they would like him involved at the convention, but the nature of his involvement is being kept secret.

In election news simultaneously related and unrelated, Roseanne Barr has picked up the Peace and Freedom Party nomination, which basically descends a run into presidency into about this:

And her campaign for president’s continued long past the point when it could be either a career-revitalizing stunt or a sharp jab at the major-party contenders.

This isn’t too bad.  But there’s a parallel with Trump in that in 2000, Donald Trump ran for the Presidency on the Reform Party for a time, and basically taking stabs at Pat Buchanan and aggravating Jesse Ventura because the run ended up not being all that seriously and wouldn’t take out Buchanan.  Roseanne Barr’s campaign is — well, either career revitalizing stunt not worked out or a sharp jab at the major party contenders not worked out, but she will never descend to —

Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump is back on his birther talk, tweeting yesterday that he received a call from a credible source confirming that President Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud.

And he was invited for a big speech at the Republican Convention?  One thing that gives me pause is the story originated with newsmax.

And here’s the actual speaking parade.

In particular, Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) presence on the stage in Tampa will help supporters of the senator’s father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), who ran for president this year and caused the GOP headaches at multiple state party conventions.

And former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), who waged a hard fought and at times bitter battle with Mitt Romney during the Republican primary, will also be a primetime speaker.

The Republican National Committee announced Paul and Santorum’s speaking slots along with slots for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin.

Announcing Paul and Santorum one day after publicizing the first group of headliners looked like a way to try to mitigate the lumps that the GOP knows it will take from Democrats, who will likely use Paul’s statements on fiscal policy and Santorum’s past remarks on social policy to label the party as extreme.

The party has a Ron Paul problem they hope to stuff with Rand Paul.

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