BTRTN SaturData Review: Roy Moore's Crimson Slide
The data-driven BTRTN looks at the last week in numbers, with a focus on Trump indicators and the Alabama Senate race.
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2017/11/btrtn-saturdata-review-roy-moores.html
"...The economic news is a plus for Trump, but the rest of the scoreboard is a disaster for the GOP with the mid-terms a year away. For the GOP to hold onto the House, they will have to overcome anemic ratings, and hope the economy hangs on, while passing a tax 'reform' bill that offers no long-term tax relief for the middle class, strips 13 million Americans of their health insurance, fills the coffers of corporate America, adds $1.5 trillion to the deficit, and is not backed by an economic forecast – by anyone -- that says that deficit bite will be offset through incremental GDP growth. Whew!
So the standard tracking information was largely unchanged. But there was one big piece of data that did change this week, and it is Roy Moore’s standing in Alabama. Never a terribly strong candidate, Moore’s prospects for victory in the special election for the Senate seat vacated last January by, yes, Jeff Sessions, plummeted in the wake of scandal. There are now nine women who have come forward with various charges against Moore, ranging from extreme creepiness to outright sexual assault on a minor, all occurring when they were teenagers and he was a 30+ year old serial-teen-dater..."