One of the members, curiously enough is Jay Nixon of Missouri. In march of 2009, Nixon supported and defended the now infamous MIAC Report. The report lists Ron Paul supporters, libertarians, people who display bumper stickers, people who own gold, or even people who fly a U.S. flag and equates them with radical race hate groups and terrorists. "This is merely the latest example in an alarming trend which confirms that law enforcement across the country is being trained that American citizens are a dangerous enemy," reported Paul Joseph Watson on March 13, 2009.

On March 26, in response to media coverage of the report and public outrage over the document, Missouri Highway Patrol Superintendent James Keathley engaged in damage control and pulled the MIAC report. "The head of the Missouri State Highway Patrol has shut down a controversial report linking right-wing groups with the modern militia movement," the Associated Press reported. In response to the public fallout, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder called on the director of the Public Safety Department to be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

Missouri Gov. Nixon backtracks on MIAC Report.

There is very likely a "story" behind each nomination. Here's one possibility on the choice of VT governor: