The National Memo » GOP ‘Civil War’ Pits Right Wing Against Right Wing In Alabama Special Election

The National Memo » GOP ‘Civil War’ Pits Right Wing Against Right Wing In Alabama Special Election: 

In the contentious special election for the U.S. House seat in Alabama’s 1st congressional district, an almost ubiquitous narrative has taken hold within the political media: that the campaign pits an “establishment Republican” — former State Senator Bradley Byrne — against a “Tea Party insurgent,” right-wing activist Dean Young. That framework, which has provided a convenient template for countless reports on the Republican Party “civil war,” overlooks one important factor: Byrne is just as far outside of the mainstream as his more-outspoken opponent.