I did go back and read your post and while I agree with many of your points, I still believe it is the candidates responsibility to shape his campaign to deal with situations that arise. He did not adequately deal with the accusations of misconduct, he did not reconcile with his primary opponents, and he did not motivate the large republican majority to turn out for him. Voters must have a reason to vote for someone and he did not give them one. My point being that no one is entitled to an office, they have to win it. Judge Moore didn’t.
He lost by 21,000 votes.
Despite the odds, he did that well. Don’t tell me he was a terrible candidate. He was outspent 14 to 1 and still came with 1.5% of winning.
There were more write-in votes than the number he lost by. The Republican Leadership urged folks to write in. Shelby made robocalls that urged Republicans not to vote for Moore.
Moore turned out to be an excellent candidate, if he could come as close to winning as he did.
Folks looking to trash Moore should do it somewhere else.
One of Moore’s campaign promises was that he’d refuse to vote for Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader. No wonder he got almost no GOP support in this race. That kind of thinking makes me wonder if the guy even had a basic understanding of how a legislative process works.