Dim Bulb: Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.)

Published February 21, 2012 5:00am ET



What: Claims calls for congressional earmark reforms are “a bogus issue” because if congressmen don’t spend the money, bureaucrats will.

Why it’s dim: Odds are any 100 Indianans selected at random could explain it to the senator.

Cure: One dose of election-day reality