#MeToo vs. Mein Kampf

Primary elections yesterday in Nevada, Maine, North Carolina and Virginia, summarized below by Nate Silver, were pretty much a status quo affair. Women national security state/corporate Democrats won in key races in Virginia, while on the Republican side a white supremacist triumphed in the state's gubernatorial U.S. senate primary. The overall Democrat vs. Republican theme for this election cycle is shaping up to be "#MeToo vs. Mein Kampf."

In contrast to last week’s results — which were pretty good for the GOP “establishment” — the two most interesting outcomes of the evening featured problems for traditional Republicans and underscored the degree to which the GOP has become Trump’s party. Those results were:

• Corey Stewart’s win in the Virginia Senate primary — Stewart defended the white nationalist marchers in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year and other Republicans in the state are already distancing themselves from him.

• And Mark Sanford’s loss in the GOP Congressional primary in South Carolina’s 1st District after Trump endorsed his opponent, Katie Arrington. (Sanford has an outside chance of holding Arrington to under 50 percent of the vote and advancing to a runoff, but it’s looking unlikely.)

When combined with the North Korea summit and the quelling of a discharge petition led by GOP moderates to potentially force an immigration vote in the House, it’s a pretty good day for Trump — but not necessarily a good one for the GOP’s long-term electoral prospects.