We thought it would be impossible to top the 2006 midterm election, with its selection of sex scandals from Mark Foley's dirty IMs to Larry Craig's wide stance to the D.C. Madam. We were wrong. Even insiders are saying the 2010 midterms will go down as one of the nuttiest campaign seasons of all time, with Sharron Angle running from reporters and condemning certain football jerseys to a Rand Paul supporter stomping on the head of a MoveOn activist. "How do we know we’re one week out from Election Day?" First Read asks. "Because everyone is going crazy right now." We couldn't agree more, and we set out to prove it. Here are 16 Reasons why this is the craziest election ever.

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Elspeth Reeve