Leftly magazine The New Republic has made space for Tom Emmer in its "Year of the Nutjob" list. The magazine highlights mostly Tea Party candidates who, it states, show "we've reached a new zenith of crazy, making Newt Gingrich's bunch look like sensible establishmentarians by comparison."

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Here's what the author had to say about Emmer:

TENTHER MADNESS
Tom Emmer
Gubernatorial Candidate, Minnesota

For most Tea Partiers, reining in the federal government is an article of faith. But state Representative Tom Emmer has taken the trouble to figure out the logistics. Emmer is a "Tenther"—that is, he believes the Tenth Amendment (which reserves powers not granted to Uncle Sam for the states) should be used to nullify numerous Democratic laws. He's also proposed some roadblocks of his own—like a state constitutional amendment that would prohibit any federal law from being enforced in Minnesota unless it's ratified by supermajorities of the state legislature. So wary is Emmer of excessive government intervention that he's come out for laxer drunk-driving laws, although it's conceivable this position was partly inspired by his two previous arrests for DWI.