A weekly mathematical survey of bad behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low a person can go.
We wanted to give Hillary Clinton a pass this week, but her line about Obama's "weakening" sway with "white Americans" is the kind of polarizing dig that crippled her run. Score: 6
Along with swinging the outcome in Indiana with his Operation Chaos, the all-powerful Rush Limbaugh also ripped a tree out of the ground with his bare hands and ate it. Score: 32
Rep. Vito Fossella gets busted for DWI while en route to see his mistress and love child, then sobs on the House floor. Otherwise, a good week. Score: 53
A Periscope item in the May 19 issue of Newsweek incorrectly stated that U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella had resigned from Congress following his arrest on drunk driving charges and revelations of marital infidelity. In fact, Fossella remains in office. Newsweek regrets the error.