Could the battle leave Republicans unelectable?

[struggle4progress]

By Amber Phillips
November 25 at 8:00 AM

... Senate Republicans .. have a lot of pickup opportunities in next year's midterm elections ... But .. first have to get through competitive primaries in nearly every state ... Until .. Strange lost to Moore .. the Republican establishment hadn't lost a primary in five years ... Trump's approval .. at this point .. is lower than any president in .. history ... And .. majorities in crucial swing groups .. don't like him ... Republicans .. may have to ditch Trump to keep their jobs ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/25/could-the-battle-for-the-gops-soul-leave-republicans-unelectable/?utm_term=.de28f42d916e

[struggle4progress]

1. Six scenarios for GOP disaster in Moore senate race

... Moore withdraws ... But... Even if Moore quit today, his name would remain on the .. ballot ... And .. he will likely still get a lot of votes ...

... Moore stays .. with a GOP write-in challenger ... but ... This is a special election ... and .. a high proportion of .. turnout will come from .. motivated supporters of .. Moore ...

... Moore wins, and the Senate GOP tries to expel him ... The Senate has never expelled a member for conduct that occurred before the member joined the Senate ...

... Jones wins ... Just ask how hard it has been for the GOP to pass legislation with a 52-seat majority. It would become far harder with a 51-seat majority. Plus, losing the Alabama seat would make it easier .. for Democrats to win .. the Senate in 2018 ...

https://www.verdenews.com/news/2017/nov/25/commentary-six-scenarios-gop-disaster-roy-moore-se/

[customerserviceguy]

6. Add one more scenario

Moore wins, then before the Senate can embarrass him by refusing to seat him, he resigns the seat, allowing Alabama's GOP governor to appoint another Republican, and hold another special election, this time without Moore.

It would let Moore walk away without criticism by his own party, and would retain the seat in GOP hands. And, the media would shift the conversation over to sitting members of the House and Senate who are dealing with the accusations leveled at them. At this point in time, that appears to be affecting more from the Democratic side than the Republican side.

Roy Moore fades into the sunset, and is scarcely ever mentioned in the run-up to the 2018 midterms.

[ProudLib72]

2. No it won't

That's why they have the good old backup plans of gerrymandering, voter suppression, hacked voting machines, Russian propaganda, etc. If 2016 taught us anything, it should have been that Rethugs never leave elections to the voters. Why should we start believing that 2018 will be any different?

[struggle4progress]

3. Believing it could be different is a good reason to act; believing it couldn't be different

guarantees no change, being an excuse to do nothing

[ProudLib72]

4. Agreed

I'm responding to the article's notion that the Republican party is doomed because of falling popularity. My point is that they have ways to get around that. It can be different, but we cannot simply sit back and rely on them to do the work for us.

[Buzz cook]

5. Short answer is no.

During my life time I've heard variations on "the republicans are dead" several times. Each time, within a matter of days or even hours, the mainstream media have given the GOP CPR and their back to the races.

As long as we have the media we do then the GOP will be the ever returning zombie.