The top headline right now on TPM is "Knock Me Over with a Feather," which discusses a supposed "grassroots activist" who claimed to be "just a mom" at town hall held by Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI). But she is a "GOP official and former staffer for candidate who the host of the town hall beat last year," who is none other than John Gard, former Wisconsin Assembly Majority Leader, and a Republican.

It is important to note that Kagen beat Gard not once, but twice. Gard was very divisive while in the Assembly, the Wisconsin equivalent of the House of Representatives. He led the effort to pass a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage or civil unions. He tried to force Milwaukee deeper into a hole started by former Gov. Tommy Thompson. He reveled in his power. But he took a cost of commuting stipend while living in Sun Prairie, a suburb of the state capitol of Madison. That and his record in the Assembly caused the people of Wisconsin to dislike him. Specifically, the people from northeast Wisconsin around Green Bay didn't like him. He tried to run for Congress in 2006, but lost 51-49%. The 2008, he lost by an even bigger margin.

We thought he actually would have to get a job after handily losing the second race. Apparently his former staffers need to do so as well.