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By Paul Kane November 11 at 9:10 AM
Roy Moores refusal to bow out of Alabamas special election for a Senate seat is the latest demonstration of the diminished power of congressional leaders and other once-powerful institutions in Washington.
The Republican nominee, accused of sexual contact with a 14-year-old when he was a
32-year-old local prosecutor, brushed off calls for him to stand down as part of plot by establishment figures to undermine this campaign before the Dec. 12 ballot. Moore ignored the severing of financial ties by the National Republican Senatorial Committee for similar reasons.
He summed up todays environment in a fundraising pitch to supporters Friday morning: I will NEVER GIVE UP the fight!
Moore is right it might be entirely up to him when or if he will ever give up the fight. The tools available to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Washington figures to drive Moore out of the race either no longer exist or have been rendered impotent by the rise of a new political structure. From the media to big corporations to Congress, public distrust has grown across the board and made it easier for outlier figures such as Moore to thumb their nose at the purported leaders.
Its a distrust of institutions, all institutions, said Josh Holmes, a senior political adviser to McConnell. Theres just no deference at all in politics today.
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)They shat in their own bed. Now they can lie in it.
Yes, I realize they're always perfectly happy to lie.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)and the complete rejection of honesty and integrity by the KGOP.