MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
Roy Moore's loss has the Bannon and McConnell wings of the GOP heaping blame on one another, with no signs of a resolution.
By Eliana Johnson & Alex Isenstadt @ Politico.com, Dec. 13
Democrat Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama — far from settling the score between the McConnell and Bannon wings of the Republican Party — instead touched off another round of internecine GOP infighting over who’s to blame for the party's loss in one of the most conservative states in the country.
From the outset, the race served as a proxy war between the tight-lipped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a paragon of the party establishment, and Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist who has dedicated himself to disrupting everything McConnell represents.
Now, both sides are blaming the other for Tuesday’s loss, with each painting the results as a case study in the other’s political ineptitude [....]