AL-SEN 2020: Doug Jones vs. The Entire Political Establishment of Alabama

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Lean R, but don't count him out, but still prepare and plan for a loss here.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

If Jones loses, I hope it is to Perry O. Hooper Jr.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

So we should just allow Doug Jones to vote for a Supreme court nominee that will threaten our livelihoods? Are you kidding? If he does that, he doesn't deserve a cent for his re-election bid in 2020. No ifs ands or buts. Besides, he'll lose anyway. In Presidential years, voters tend to split tickets less.

Stop the idealism. All red state dems should vote for President Trump's nominee UNLESS we can get Collins and Murkowski aboard. Otherwise, it is just pointless grandstanding that will only further jeopardize seats.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Watch Doug Jones vote yes and still lose re-election! Then try and lecture me about idealism! It's Alabama for goodness sakes and he was running against a pedophile! He's not going to get that lucky again.

It's not just Jones though.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Doug Jones is in an...interesting position. He has a chance to be reelected, but its a narrow one. Like Scott Brown, he needs popularity from the state, and so far, it appears he has a really high approval rating. Second, he needs his base to turnout, which should be no problem with Trump on the ballot. Third, he needs to appeal to moderates, yes they exist in Alabama, and suburbanites. This was done before with Vance. Forth, he has to get a weak opponent, and while the GOP has done some good nominating lately, and the rummored canidate sounds formidable, this is the Alabama GOP we are talking about. Fifth, and most important, Trump needs to lose the election by a margin of about 4-10 points. This would boost up Jones to victory.

I don't like to make predictions this early, I find it pretty hot-taky, so ill rate this a tossup. There's just not enough info on the environment and Doug Jones does not appear DOA, unlike Cory Gardner.

For NC Senate plz be Attorney General Stein.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

So we should just allow Doug Jones to vote for a Supreme court nominee that will threaten our livelihoods? Are you kidding? If he does that, he doesn't deserve a cent for his re-election bid in 2020. No ifs ands or buts. Besides, he'll lose anyway. In Presidential years, voters tend to split tickets less.

Stop the idealism. All red state dems should vote for President Trump's nominee UNLESS we can get Collins and Murkowski aboard. Otherwise, it is just pointless grandstanding that will only further jeopardize seats.

Including or not including Stabenow?

MI is not really a red state, and she has no opponent that poses any sort of a serious competition, Safe D, so she can do whatever she wants.