Lost Cause historians at the University of Alabama watered down the radical nature of Winston’s devotion to the Union. He’ll vote for Mr. Moore and intends to “sway” his wife from her plan to support Mr. Jones. Upper-income suburbs in the state’s major cities are covered with Doug Jones signs, foreshadowing a powerful Republican soccer-mom rejection of Mr. Moore’s purported predation. There’s not another white Alabama Republican in Congress with the gumption to defy President Trump’s endorsement or even protest when Steve Bannon scorched their party in an incendiary speech here last Tuesday. Electing Mr. Jones, who is admired nationally for prosecuting racial crimes, would be a cultural watershed for Alabama voters and a sign that the Trump base will fracture with unexpected ease.

Source: New York Times December 09, 2017 20:37 UTC