I looked for old time Democrats in the record who'd had appointed positions and then ran as Republicans but didn't find any right off hand but I'm sure there must have been some.
So here we have a guy who was appointed by Obama ~ and gave serious contributions to the Senate Majority Leader, also a Democrat ~ and he wants to run as a Republican.
That does categorize him as a RINO ~ albeit with a slight amount of stress on the more formal definition.
Now, is he a nutball? That's all that remains. We know he's a Leftwingtard (how dare that puke ask us to be civil to Obama and his running dog lackeys), and he accepted an appointment from a Democrat, and he made contributions to Democrats ~ so why isn't he running in the Democrat primaries?
I think that may be a sign that he's not mentally well wrapped!
What about Rick Perry?