The Alabama Election Is a Referendum on the GOP's Future
The candidacy of Roy Moore pits the Republican Party’s populist insurgents against its establishment—with national implications.
For all the national attention that’s been paid to the grisly particulars of Alabama’s special election over the past few weeks—the lurid details of the sexual-abuse accusations against Roy Moore; the performative shrieks of “Fake News!” from the candidate and his defenders—the true political consequences of the race will likely reach well beyond a single Senate race in 2017.
In fact, many Republicans in Washington believe the voters who are heading to the polls
