Posted on 09/27/2017 3:45:37 PM PDT by Jagermonster
PUTTING IT IN PERSPECTIVE The former state Supreme Court justice's victory in Alabama's GOP runoff is at once a blow to President Trump, who had endorsed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, and also a validation of Trumpian outsider politics.
Insurgent Roy Moore’s victory in the Alabama GOP Senate primary on Sept. 26 is a humiliating blow to the Republican establishment and a reminder that unrest at the grassroots remains an electric force in US politics as Washington turns to look toward next year’s mid-term elections.
Mr. Moore, a former state Supreme Court Justice and devout evangelical Christian, easily defeated incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, despite million of dollars in pro-Strange ads financed by a super PAC affiliated with Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell. President Trump endorsed Senator Strange at Senator McConnell’s urging, and visited Alabama for a rally. It wasn’t enough – the final result was about 55 percent for Moore, 45 percent for his opponent.
Moore is now the favorite to win the Dec. 12 general election, given that Alabama is a deep-red state. But a victory isn’t a foregone conclusion: He’s a controversial figure whose central political tenet is that modern politics has removed the sovereignty of a Christian God from the US Constitution and the functions of government. He’s been removed from the Supreme Court of Alabama, in essence, twice: once for refusing to remove a monument to the Ten Commandments from the court, and again, following reelection to the post, for opposing legalization of same-sex marriage.
State conditions may have contributed to Moore’s upset. Strange was appointed to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ seat by a governor who himself was embroiled in a messy relationship scandal. Moore’s long and colorful public career has made him one of the state’s best-known politicians.
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The three questions discussed in the article:
- How will Trump interpret Moore’s victory?
- Will Moore be a caucus of one?
- What’s this mean for tax cuts?
Interesting to speculate on, but he’s not elected yet.
With Roy Moore you get a two-fer.
When Trump is gone, we the conservative movement, will still be here.
We The People....
“The three questions discussed in the article:”
Thank you for the summation.
The biggest question - for our enlightened public school progeny - is, “When will he finally instate a theocracy and enslave millions under Judeo-Christian ethics.”
Thanks. Too much bilge to read until they finally got to the point.
Who, Trump?
The Alabama SC doesn't have lifetime appointments?
A blow to Trump? These people are unhinged.
This was not an upset. Moore was elected twice in statewide election for supreme court justice. He won both by 20 points.
I heard someone today describing that the reason Trump backed Strange was that the election vs the DemocRat wasn’t until December and Trump didn’t want another RINO angry at him - he knew Strange wouldn’t win but he needed his votes for the tax cuts.
Thank you for summarizing the questions.
No, like most states their judges are elected.
Both times the Federal Courts usurped authority not given them by the Constitution.
OK, so has to be elected. Now I remember.
But it doesn’t say he wasn’t re-elected, it says he was removed. By whom? Probably Obama.
The TEA Party is dead. NOT!
Federal Judges
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