Republicans Say Moore’s More Trouble Than a Senate Seat’s Worth

NBC "News" ^ | November 10, 2017 | by JONATHAN ALLEN

[Lent]

‘damage to the GOP brand’

Is the brand copyrighted? Patent pending? Because I haven’t seen anything which passes for a brand. Maybe a brand of garbage?

[Dutch Boy]

I agree.

It’s really bizarre that the GOPe leadership is willing to lose and be in the minority rather than let someone from outside the club get elected.

The swamp needs more draining.

[WHBates]

If this was so convenient and after the GOP’s favorite was beaten it may have been believable. As it is I'm more that a little skeptical.

[stylin19a]

even if Moore gets elected, the senate doesn’t have to seat him

[Migraine]

You mean the DC GOP-e don’t want a Tea Partier in their august body the Senate? What an f’n surprise!

[marktwain]

Republican pols seem incapable of learning and appear hugely gullible.

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Nope. It just shows where they believe the *real* power is. It is not in the elected seats. It is in the media.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Damage the Republican brand? Ha ha ha ha. That's a good one.

By the way, how does something that some flunky third string administrative aid says become newsworthy?
 

[Drew68]

Likely led by Mitch McConnell

Draining the swamp is a far greater threat to Mitch McConnell than losing control of the Senate.

[ptsal]

GOP brand about as popular as ESPN, CNN, and Comcast.

Huma’s ex-hubby might have brand appeal than the GOP.

[Kazan]

"What does that say about the party?" he asked. "Basically, a child molester is going to be a United States senator."

This from a hypocrite that voted for and defended Bill Clinton? The hypocrisy in mind boggling.

[caligatrux]

This just makes it so clear: the GOP elite want the GOP to be something very, very different than the actual GOP voters want it to be.

[DoodleDawg]

If the Democrat wins then it’s only for two years. If Moore wins then they have to primary him in 2020 in order to get rid of him.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

said Doug Heye, a former Senate and House Republican aide.

Well, there you go. True horsepower has spoken.

[Alberta's Child]

A U.S. Senate that had Ted Kennedy as one of its paragons of virtue for 47 years has already firmly established its “moral high ground” at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

[Alberta's Child]

The dirty little secret here is that the GOP needs to lose its majority in the U.S. Senate so it no longer has to pretend that it actually has a majority in the U.S. Senate.

[Feckless]

Innocent until proven Conservative.

[bagster]

"He's not worth it," Heye said.

Yes he is.

Fight, you pussies!

[Migraine]

‘damage to the GOP brand’

Is the brand copyrighted? Patent pending? Because I haven’t seen anything which passes for a brand. Maybe a brand of garbage?

It's the Lazy-A brand, a bunch of hoof in mouth critters and a few has-been mavericks.

It's high time to cull the herd; they might make OK dog food.

[Aliska]

Yup. It's a travesty and worse that the GOP caves into accusations and not the rule of law. I think it was Rush who pointed out the blue dress for evidence. They had to prove the case against Edwards.

Quislings. The lot of them. Wait until it is their turn.

I can't find any proof of it on the web but a few weeks ago, Bill O'Reilly said there was a call in the works for a full-page ad or such by an attorney for women to come forward who would be paid to make accusations about whomever they were targeting, Trump especially naturally.

Rush also said that the newspaper sent their reporter to Alabama, and it took them some time to get the woman to agree to go forward with the accusation. I wonder if it is true.

[M Kehoe]

I didn’t see the name Ted Kennedy in this article.

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