“Moore was in his 30s. And it doesn’t matter what we in FR think... it matters greatly to AL voters. They rejected him once, and they’ll sure as hell reject him again.”
Yeah, and the fact that the entire Alabama Judiciary (Mostly Republicans) hated him, and had taken out a full page add in all the significant Alabama newspapers urging everyone to vote for the Democrat, why that had absolutely no effect on the race.
You also overlooks the fact that in the very next down ballot statewide race,(2012) the Republican candidate (Twinkles Cavanaugh) which won, only got a few thousand more votes than did Mooore, so I guess they weren't much into him either.
Could it be that people simply care more about the Presidential race than they do down ballot candidates?
No, that's obviously incorrect. We must surmise some sort of intent on the people of Alabama that agrees with what we wish to believe.
I hear you, but it’s in the open now and he didn’t have a particularly good defense of himself... he would guarantee a Democrat win.