Alabama’s Republican Runoff Election May Predict the Party’s Future

[DonViejo]

by Ben Jacobs Nov 4, 2013 5:45 AM EST

Tuesday’s Republican runoff election in Alabama’s 1st Congressional District may not just decide the state’s next congressman—it could influence the party’s strategy for months to come.

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.

In the race to be the GOP nominee in Alabama’s 1st Congressional District—tantamount to election in this deep red district—both candidates are staunchly conservative. Both the establishment and Tea Party candidate would have voted against the deal to end the government shutdown, and both view Obamacare as a grave threat to America.

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.

full article
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/04/alabama-s-republican-runoff-election-may-predict-the-party-s-future.html

[gopiscrap]

1. hope they anihilate each other!

[geek tragedy]

2. same shit, different piles. One is an anti-government fanatic, the other one admits he is one nt