If the GOP nominates Roy Moore, it's a lost cause, and you know it's a lost cause because if given a choice between Moore and Baxley, I'm either voting for that independent candidate or I'm not voting at all.
The GOP's chances for victory in the fall are reliant on getting the right gubernatorial nominee, and by right gubernatorial nominee I mean Robert Riley. If Lucy Baxley faces Moore, then you are going to see Mathis pick up more votes than he should have because he'll have a disaffected area he can play too, because neither the name Roy Moore or anything associated with a Baxley plays well on the coast. And given that Mathis's casino gambling platform is a perfect fit for the most Republican major newspaper in the state, and you can clearly see that he'd have an outside shot.
Roy Moore as nominee would be poison to the party for years to come, and all that can be done must be done to stop this evil man.
Riley cut his political cvareer short when he got in bed with Paul Hubbert and the AEA...No way he'll be re-elected.