Wow:

The Republican Party of Minnesota announced today that Florida Congressman Allen West will headline the party’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner in March.

If the name Allen West sounds familiar to you, here are a few places you may have heard of him:

• West painted [Congressman Keith] Ellison as someone who “really does represent the antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established” [ThinkProgress]
• Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is backing away from comments he made over the weekend telling Democratic leaders to “get the hell out of the United States of America.” [Huffington Post]
• Rep. Allen West (R-FL) fomented a racial controversy with comments describing African-American voters’ tendency to support the Democratic Party as a “21st-Century plantation.” [ThinkProgress]
• Florida GOP Congressman Allen West this afternoon dispatched a scathing personal email to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, calling her “vile, unprofessional ,and despicable,” “a coward,” “characterless,” and “not a Lady,” and demanding that she “shut the heck up.” [Politico]

I could go on, but I think you get the point. This seems like a pretty good insight into the state of mind of the MNGOP these days.