What mattered wasn't some Establishment. It was votes in Alabama. They weren't there.
The Establishment united against Trump and he still won. Moore didn't. #FlawedCandidate.
The Establishment united against Trump and he still won. Moore didn’t. #FlawedCandidate.
Very few candidates can stand against the entire national establishment being directed against them in one state race with no other races ongoing.
The problem wasn’t the votes in Alabama. They would have voted for Moore if there had been any sort of balanced coverage. There wasn’t any balance in coverage or expenditures. Moore almost won in spite of that.
Watch for more witch hunts on 20 or 30 or 40 year old allegations on candidates the Establishment disapproves of.
Hopefully it will not work when they cannot focus everything on one race.
Moore had a lot of problems before any of these allegations from his many years of vanity politics and burning bridges. The Republican base was not motivated to turn out for him.
It’s interesting how if a candidate loses and the establishment supported them it is because the establishment supported them. If they lose and the establishment didn’t support them it is because the establishment didn’t support them.
I see you rewrite political history too.
Yes, the votes were there just fine until these accusations came out. Moore was polled 15 points ahead or more of Doug Jones. Moore was going to win decisively till these accusations came out, and party officials used them as an excuse to dump him.
They would rather lose than have a man who espouses Moores beliefs and attitude in the Senate.
Moore was not a "flawed candidate". He was a perfectly good candidate that was torpedoed from both sides of the Uniparty running Washington.