The Paxton Playbook: How to Beat a Counterfeit Christian Before $27 Million Buys His Halo

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican Senate primary runoff Tuesday night by sixteen points, a Texas-sized message to Washington, as he put it, that the establishment wing of his party no longer commands the votes it once did. The celebration lasted about an hour. The hard math began at sunrise. Paxton's general election opponent, Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, raised more…