South Carolina's senior Senator, Lindsay Graham, called it quits today in his pretty much pointless quest to be the republican nominee for President in 2016. Graham was the only republican candidate who acknowledged climate change, was in favor of immigration reform, and had the courage to call out Donald Trump. He never had a chance.
He also belongs to the John McCain wing of hawkishness on foreign policy, i.e. let's fucking bomb everybody.
While many on the left are lamenting his loss as the one republican candidate who wasn't abhorrent (Pataki and Gilmore could also fall into this category, but no one knows who they are and therefore no one cares one way or the other), the most important takeaway from Graham's withdrawal is that last rites have been given to moderate republicans. Graham never got much above 1% in republican polls, and its hard to imagine any moderate having any degree of success going forward on a national level.
The inmates are now in complete control of the asylum.
Peace,
emaycee
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