Links for 05/26/17: In the Washington Post, Michael Gerson on the moral derangement of the conservative movement.
MGB: The conservative Republican movement has always been deranged. The Pro-life movement has always been a wedge issue for political gain, not for the salvation of the unborn. They have always nodded to the racist leanings of cultural conservatives. This is the first time it has been so blatant, but it has always been a feature, not a flaw.
I want to see how many are Francis priests v. John Paul priests (who would bring back the Index and the Tridentine Mass if allowed). It would be interesting to find a group of women who felt called to the priesthood and give them the same survey and see how much commonality there is.
A Montana result says little about national prospects, but it says everything about the GOP core. What more centrist Republicans do (and I suspect many voted Democratic in Montana) in closer states is TBD. If the GOP is hitching their wagons to Trump, anything could happen. Trump could be run out of town or have a Nixonian landslide and fall. We'll see.
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