“Of course Moore was going to lose this race.”
But for the underage female allegations, which came only after the primary and after the run-off, Roy Moore would have won handily despite his lackluster campaign and any other flaws. So all this stuff about how we all should have known how he was doomed to lose and supported Mo Brooks ignores the fact that nobody anticipated the girl allegations.
You are well focused and correct.
Whose fault is that?
I mean -- Isn't there an outrageous allegation of some kind against a Republican candidate pushed out in the late stages of almost every hotly contested campaign?
Winning candidates (and winning campaigns) figure out how to deal with this sort of thing. Moore botched it about as badly as he possibly could.
Now, if some Freeper had posted an article before the primary and run off warning us that Roy Moore could not win because of underage female and assault allegations, then I would be impressed. But that did not happen so all of this about Roy Moore never having been able to win is just Monday morning quarterbacking.
Why do people think Moore was such a shoe-in? He had one single victorious statewide race under his belt in 2012 where he barely squeaked past the finish line receiving 400,000 fewer votes than Mitt Romney.
He ran two gubernatorial campaigns; 2010 and 2016 getting thoroughly trounced both times.
In what delusional world did Alabamans think this guy was senate material?