Demagogue

Is it possible that Judge Roy Moore is too much of a fire-breathing, right-wing whacko for even a conservative state like Alabama? A recent article in the Mobile Register:

Gov. Bob Riley continues to widen his lead over Roy Moore in the Republican gubernatorial primary ....

The Press-Register/University of South Alabama poll showed Riley as the choice of 69 percent of the likely GOP primary voters surveyed. Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice known as the "Ten Commandments judge," drew 20 percent support.

I'm not shocked that Moore is trailing the governor, but I am surprised he's behind by a whopping 49 percentage points.

It speaks volumes about Judge Moore's nutiness that he can't poll any better than this in a conservative state against an incumbent who vigorously campaigned for a tax increase.