Points to note:
How Alabama has changed since the 1960s, starting with the Iron Bowl.
The savviest African-American politician in the state, State Sen. Hank Sanders, warns, “Right now, many African-Americans do not know there is an election on Dec. 12.” The NAACP has begun calling “sometimes voters” to get out the vote. Jones should be campaigning with Sanders and others, and introducing himself to black congregations. Real resources need to go into black newspapers and radio stations.
Listen to Hank Sanders. There are two weeks to work a miracle. Send some funds to Doug Jones with the quote from Hank Sanders. Strategically placed radio can be quite inexpensive we found out from Larry Kissell and with the right pitch can self-fund and expand. If you are or know NAACP members, see if it is appropriate to participate in phone banking to Alabama.
If he fails, Democrats must learn to stop ignoring their core voters between campaigns and start appealing on kitchen table issues across race lines.
Stunning that in 2017, someone must say this. This has been a 17-year problem at least. The wrong lesson taken from Al Gore’s loss.
Listen to Pat Buchanan. Not asking you to agree, but listen and register what he is saying. People have peculiar ways of understanding policy and for some people policy overrides character – except when it doesn’t. (from The American Conservative)
Patrick Buchanan, The American Conservative: Why Many Christian Conservatives Support Roy Moore
You can see Buchanan salivating at the prospect of throwing out everything the Supreme Court did after FDR took control of it.
The problem with Christian conservatives pursuing this nihilistic path is that they’re undermining their churches in the doing. The next generation isn’t happy about this path and isn’t coming to services as often.
Separating church and state is better for each.