Morning Jolt: May Roy Moore Never Darken Your Morning Campaign News Again

As I noted late last night, the Republican party dodged a bullet yesterday. As frustrating as it is to lose a Senate seat in a ruby-red state, it would be worse to spend the next three years having every inane, offensive, and Constitutionally illiterate utterance from Roy Moore's mouth hung around the necks of rest of the party. (This assumes that the GOP didn't feel the moral and political need to expel him after a Senate Ethics Committee investigation.) Sometimes your primary voters completely mess up and nominate a walking liability. Better to take the short term pain for the longer-term gain.

Roy Moore got a bit more than 48 percent in a state where Republicans consistently win 65 percent or more statewide.

To the extent there is still a Republican mainstream, Roy Moore isn't in it. Nationally, this group doesn't like the idea of thirtysomething men dating teenage girls in general and wasn't so certain that Moore didn't do something inappropriate with those four named girls. Whatever their concerns about ...

December 13 2017

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May Roy Moore Never Darken Your Morning Campaign News Again Jim Geraghty As I noted late last night, the Republican party dodged a bullet yesterday. As frustrating as it is to lose a Senate seat in a ruby-red state, it would be worse to spend the next three years having every inane, offensive, and Constitutionally illiterate utterance from Roy Moore's mouth hung around the necks of rest of the party. (This assumes that the GOP didn't feel the moral and political need to expel him after a Senate Ethics Committee investigation.) Sometimes your primary voters completely mess up and nominate a walking liability. Better to take the short term pain for the longer-term gain. Roy Moore got a bit more than 48 percent in a state where Republicans consistently win 65 percent or more statewide. To the extent there is still a Republican mainstream, Roy Moore isn't in it. Nationally, this group doesn't like the idea of thirtysomething men dating teenage girls in general and wasn't so certain that Moore didn't do something inappropriate with those four named girls. Whatever their concerns about ... READ MORE Pope Francis's Controversial Step on Communion for the Divorced and Remarried Tyler Arnold Last week, Pope Francis made another move to advance his teachings on Communion for the divorced and remarried. In September 2016, the pope sent a private letter to bishops in Buenos Aires to... Creating Conflict Isn't Going to Win Converts to Conservatism Tyler Grant Creating Conflict Isn't Going to Win Converts to Conservatism ADVERTISEMENT Our Progressive Press David French     Every now and then, you read a statement that makes you realize just how vast the gulf is between the Right and the Left in this country. Earlier this morning, I read two. Here's... Roy Moore Does the Impossible  The Editors Roy Moore did the nearly impossible and lost an Alabama Senate seat for the Republican party. Only a historically flawed candidate could have managed it, and Roy Moore fit the bill. Twice... Why America Can't Lower Child-Poverty Rates Kay S. Hymowitz Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in City Journal and is reprinted here with permission. Articles about America's high levels of child poverty are a media evergreen. Here's a... Red vs. blue, &c. Jay Nordlinger We are in a season of sexual-harassment allegations (and worse). And the power of tribalism has come, once more, to the fore. When the allegations hurt "our side," we tend not to believe them —... ADVERTISEMENT Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45 Peter Caddick-Adams "[Caddick-Adams] illuminates the Battle of the Bulge until he has run out of facets. He layers context and connections with an inclusive style. Both the reader who knows nothing or little of this battle and the maven steeped in Bulgeiana will come away...educated and sated. Snow and Steel is a treasure." - Michael Dolan, Senior Editor, World War II Magazine LEARN MORE Top Shots Battle of Austerlitz ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.