Is she really any crazier than Dick Cheney?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

is Clinical paranoia a disqualifying characteristic for public office?

Not in the US, especially not if it is seen by the RW as throwing out chum to the base.  It may be paranoia or it may be an act, but even if it is paranoia, it is a culturally normative paranoia among 20-30% of the electorate.  This is what was meant by the line: "Paranoia strikes deep in the Heartland!"  Under the appropriate circumstances the RW can recruit much more support for such beliefs, especially when they have a presentable front man, such as Ronnie or W.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

Are the Republicans going to call for civic disobedience on the census?

If they do, it will hurt Republicans the most. Since I doubt liberals will follow their paranoid banner, the red state foamers will effectively reduce their numbers and hopefully their representation. Say if all-of Utah decided not to be counted, they'd be down to 1 representative in the U.S. House.

As Magnifico said, they'd be essentially committing suicide.  First of all, it's against the law to not fill out your decennial Census form (I know there's a $5,000 fine and probably more).  Second, electoral votes and congresscritters are derived from the Census.

Which is fine by me, of course, and I'm sure the folks in Michigan, New York and other "shrinking" (relative to others) states wouldn't mind getting more.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin