Alabama's GOP runoff may predict the GOP future

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Alabama?s Republican Runoff Election May Predict the Party?s Future - The Daily Beast

There’s a must-watch Republican runoff election this week in Alabama, but it’s not the typical fight between the establishment and the Tea Party.
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Instead, the divide is about what tactics Republican activists think will be most successful as the next budget showdown looms. Do they want a firebrand who believes Barack Obama was born in Kenya or a political veteran who emphasizes the need “to work with people, in Washington and at home”? Their answer may influence the GOP’s strategy on Capitol Hill in the months to come.

Bradley Byrne is an old political hand. He’s a former state senator and member of the state board of education who narrowly lost the 2010 Republican nomination to be governor. Christianity has always been a strong part of his platform; he has said, “my faith in Christ is my foundation” and has insisted that every word in the Bible is true. He derides the “corrupt” IRS on his website and is backed by the NRA, the Chamber of Commerce, and Ending Spending, the super PAC largely funded by Joe Ricketts, the billionaire who considered running ads against Obama in 2012 that focused on his connection to Jeremiah Wright.

But Byrne might lose because he’s not conservative enough.

This is a little known race, but may give an indication just how far right the GOP is willing to go. You know, like doing the Limbo dance, but instead of leaning back you lean to the right.... JUST HOW FAR RIGHT WILL THEY GO?

They go far enough to the right and CRASH! The poor GOP.....