A special election for the United States Senate in Alabama took place on December 12, 2017, to fill a vacancy in the Senate through the end of the term ending on January 3, 2021, arising from the resignation on February 8, 2017, of Jeff Sessions, to serve as U.S. Attorney General.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta...bama,_2017

Man, I went outside this morning and the sun seemed extra bright. It was...

(12-12-2017 10:58 PM)solohawks Wrote:  You guys will be bashing the state as backwards rednecks when the political market corrects itself in 2020

Looks like someone needs a safe place.

(12-13-2017 10:22 AM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(12-12-2017 10:58 PM)solohawks Wrote:  You guys will be bashing the state as backwards rednecks when the political market corrects itself in 2020

Looks like someone needs a safe place.

na just pointing out the obvious.

got no problem admitting moore was bad candidate and the whole situation was a mess for the GOP

unlike liberals, I don't blame Russia

Good for Alabama

The moderates win the day.

(12-13-2017 12:32 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(12-13-2017 12:04 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  This election in the long run is a win for the Republicans. Roy Moore will not be a factor in the 2018 mid terms. The republicans have ridded themselves of an embarrassment. They need to rid themselves of one more embarrassment.

I agree. The Republican party did not need both Moore and Trump stumping in 2018. No matter how much some of the more heavy right wingers would convince themselves of it.

The reality is, people can only tolerate so much crazy at one time.

I mean, the GOP is not really in any danger of losing the senate even with a 1 vote margin. It would something catastrophic to change that. The concern for them is the House, and they could easily lose the House if people were forced to listen to Moore and Trump talk for a year straight.

I admit, as a Christian, I can only tolerate Moore's constant quoting of the bible so much. Today he managed to quote the book of psalms and an Alabama recount law in the same sentence. It's nauseating.

The man routinely asks for people to bring Bibles to his rallies so he can autograph them. My God, how presumptious is that? Although I suspect that given his recent trouble with autographs, he probably has thought better about asking to autograph things.

I can only hope Moore and his coterie of dead enders mount a Roy Moore for Governor campaign against Kay Ivey in the GOP primary. LOL. Moore got 70+ of white males and 60+ of white women. He could win a GOP primary next year for Governor. But he can't win a general election.

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As far as the Senate goes, the chances of a control flip went from about 10 percent to around 40 percent. Now, all the Dems have to do is hang on to all their seats and flip Arizona and Nevada. In Arizona, which has an electorate no where near as extreme as Alabama's, the likely GOP candidate is really nuts and the Dems have a great candidate. Demographics are trending towards the Dems. And then, there's the issue of Joe Arpaio, who is threatening to run for office next year. Having that racist bully on the ballot would be catastrophic for the GOP there.

And there's also the chance that the GOP makes a dumb move in their primary in Tennessee. And watch out for Texas. It looks like an impossible race, but Ted Cruz is widely loathed and Beto is running - hard.

Oddly enough, I'm really only concerned about two states now for the Dems, Indiana and Missouri. WV and ND look, for now, to be relatively safe, which is amazing.

(12-13-2017 11:23 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  And there's also the chance that the GOP makes a dumb move in their primary in Tennessee.

Entirely possible. Marsha Blackburn is a moron...not on the level of Moore by any stretch, but her constituents aren't very happy with her, and may stay home if she's the candidate.

If the repubs go with her, Bredesen as a moderate democrat would get a huge chunk of middle TN (part of blackburn's district) & possibly the east TN vote, and the major cities would all go for him.