In the alternate world, had Trump went to Alabama (and not Pensacola,, FL), Moore would have won by 1 point instead of losing by 1 point. Let's hope Republicans continue to allow Trump to endorse their candidates in 2018 and see what happens. lol
When you cue the words "Muslim", "Bible" with a southern twang. That's how you charm Alabama voters into voting for a pedophile.
You're right there- and, you know, even though I'm pleased at the outcome, I'm being too snarky. I'm going to lay off President Trump for a while- too much negativity ain't good for the soul.
This is the real story. Time and again we receive confirmation that staggering numbers of Americans are awful human beings. America's downfall is the ignorance and moral depravity of large swaths of Americans. It's incredibly damaging.
If only they realized they'd be better off with someone who thinks America was at its best when black people were whipped in the fields and their sons were sold off and daughters were raped and sold off. Why don't black people realize that was good for them?
Nice to know enough decent folks decided to come out and make a difference in Alabama. If we could get that kind of motivation all the time who knows what would happen...
The story here isn't Democratic turnout (although it was above average). The story is that 600K+ Trump voters stayed home.
Step by step, Day by day A fresh start over, A different hand to play The deeper we fall, The stronger we stay And we'll be better, The second time around 90s sitcoms now more relevant than ever.
Disagree. It's not really about Alabama and Doug Jones is 99% certain to lose his seat in 2020. But Democrats were sitting on the edge of burnout - they've lost so many close races in unfavorable territory. The first couple can be energizing with a "we can do this" mentality. But at some point you have to win those - losing to a pedophile, even in Alabama, would be a serious burnout risk. I've said this for a long time, but the biggest thing working against Democrats is the calendar - they have to be able to maintain the volunteering and grassroots energy for another year, and that's hard to do. Seeing tangible results in Virginia and here are huge in that respect and have a direct effect on the results in 2018. Additional, this takes Democrats from maybe a 1% chance of reclaiming the Senate in 2018 to maybe 5-10%. If nothing else, it gives Collins/Flake/Corker/Murkowski/McCain a LOT more power starting this January if they choose to use it.
Exactly right. I'm seeing and reading a lot of misreading of what happened last night. Jones got 93% of the raw vote total that Clinton got, which is astonishing in a special election. Moore got less than 50% of Trump's raw vote total. That's a STAGGERING number. Half of the people who voted for Donald Trump stayed home and a small percentage of them voiced their protest by writing in a candidate. That election last night was a referendum on one man; Roy Moore. There was finally a candidate that was a "bridge too far" for a heavily Republican electorate. This doesn't translate to the broader electorate in conservative states in my opinion. There aren't going to be 600k Ted Cruz voters who just don't go vote because they are disgusted by him for example.
Those guys have a ton of power NOW. McCain as a process vote could hold tax reform hostage until January where the Republicans would risk it being dead until 2018. If Corker/Flake/Collins could rally together and push to clean up this bill they could force serious concessions.
To 40-50% Probably 20-25% if Jones lost. https://www.predictit.org/Market/2703/Which-party-will-control-the-Senate-after-2018-midterms
