Will tonight's Faux GOP debate be turned into a memorial service for Falwell? Seems that a new litmus test suddenly intruded this afternoon - who will bow to the mighty Falwell tonight?
McCain? How to explain your pilgrimage to Liberty U.?
Romney? How to pander slavishly and "atone" for past liberalism?
Rudy? How to "genuflect" to the right wing which you plan to grab despite no adherence to their core beliefs?
The real right-wingers will have to chuck the word "Reagan" and substitute "Falwell." Gee, funny how both GOP debates so far will be homages to dead white men remembered for their attempts to install God at the helm of a secular democracy.
So, not since the fevered days of Schiavo, do we have a "moment" when all hands on deck will compete for the right wing mourners in visible fashion.
And to the extent that Falwell is memorialized tonight, the continued and increasing irrelevance of the GOP will be on full display.