GOP fears Roy Moore will cost them a Senate seat

[DonViejo]

Mike Allen 3 hrs ago

After the allegations against Roy Moore, and his subsequent response — in which he didn't rule out dating teenage girls while in his 30s — "some GOP political operatives fear Roy Moore could lose the race" and cost the party a Senate seat, AP reports.

What we're hearing: A Republican close to Senate Republican leadership believes the party's effort to get Moore out of the race will fail: "McConnell and his colleagues do not have the backbone to take on Bannon. ... This is good practice for getting ready to be in the minority." Oof!

Per AP:

Moore "emphatically rejected increasing pressure to abandon his Senate bid as fears grew among GOP leaders that a once-safe Senate seat was in jeopardy just a month before a [Dec.] 12 special election."

"Asked if that would have been usual for him, Moore said, 'Not generally, no. ... I don't remember ever dating any girl without the permission of her mother."

Be smart: If you're in your 30s and you need to ask the mother's permission, date someone else.

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https://www.axios.com/republicans-worry-roy-moore-will-cost-them-a-senate-seat-2508618399.html

[Vinca]

1. The GOP has a choice. They can be known as the "Grand Old Party,"

the "Grand Old Pussy Grabbers" or the "Grand Old Pedophiles." Their choice.

[RandySF]

2. Help make it come true.

[Glamrock]

3. He'll cost them more than one Senate seat.

He'll help them lose their majority.

[mercuryblues]

4. republicans are worried that a child molester will lose his election

The rest of us are worried that a child molester will win the election.

[stollen]

5. Now would be the time to donate to Doug Jones' campaign

I have.

[Sneederbunk]

6. Win win for Dems

Regardless of the outcome of the election the Democrats benefit. Either they take the seat next month or use an elected Moore as a Republican poster boy for the 2018 elections. The Repugs either lose the seat or have to tolerate the clown in the Senate.

[appleannie1943]

7. Greedy Old Pervert party.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. File This Under "Well, Duh"!!!

Lay down with dogs....

[Initech]

9. They'd better not get away with this!

[TomSlick]

10. The risk to the Repugnats isn't a Senate seat.

The risk is to their soul.

[Thunderbeast]

11. "We now know the Republican age of consent"

Quote from Chris Matthews. Nov 10, 2017.

Elections DO have consequences. Alabama Republicans made their choice. I grant that they did not have complete information, but actions during his judicial career showed an abuse of power. The evidence seems to show that the abuse manifested itself in his personal, as well as, his professional life.

I can imagine that in Alabama there are many candidates, even in the GOP, with better credentials. The voters of Alabama just could not look past the red meat bigotry of Roy Moore to find one.