I think you are under estimating how stupid and completely inept judge Moore was in refuting the fake allegations. I have never seen a candidate in my life who did a worse job than he did.
The interview with Hannity was a disaster. I thought that he did enough to overcome that. Maybe not enough.
When you leave the state on the weekend before an election to go on a vacation, that is a LOUSY candidate.
I agree. Moore's interview with a very sympathetic Sean Hannity was a complete disaster. If you can't play the political game better than that, don't run for office.