Alabama Megathread 3: Results Thread

[BuckeyeNut]

Are Republicans tired of winning yet?

[Fuzzy Bear]

Moore didn't lose many votes from when he defeated Robert Vance (D) for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.  He beat Vance with 51% in 2012; he lost tonight with a smidge under 49%.  

The CNN hacks are speaking of this race as a referendum on Trump.  That's nonsense.  Moore had problems in Alabama long before the sexual allegations came to light.  Yes, Trump "endorsed" Moore, but he hardly put the full prestige of the White House behind Moore.  Trump let himself be used for a robocall, but he kept his distance.  I am predicting that Trump will be putting a bit of distance between himself and Steve Bannon in the coming days.  (Indeed, Bannon is the 2nd biggest loser tonight, behind Moore.)

If Trump has half a brain, he'll meet with Jones and discuss common ground.  Jones is a tabula rasa; he is not locked into being a liberal headed toward a Kamikaze mission in 2020.  I'm not sure Trump sees that, however.  That would be his loss.  

Jones has a chance to be the kind of Democrat that appeals to the working class in a way that doesn't alienate them, and I hope he takes it.  He's not going to have Moore as his 2020 opponent.  

[The Dowager Mod]

So Trump backed the loser in both the primary and the general, So much winning!

[heatcharger]

Can LimoLiberal just concern troll every election now?

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

God Bless Alabama and God Bless Doug Jones. This is one of the happiest nights of my life

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Amazing!!!

So when exactly does Jones take office?

Alabama law gives them 22 days to certify election results, and I fully expect them to use every day they can to give the Senate as much time as possible on the tax bill, so January 3 at the earliest.  Jones won't get even one day in the current session and probably will miss the first few days of the 2nd session of this Congress.

[AtorBoltox]

wtf I love Alabama now

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Based on tonight's result, I am going to make the following rating change:

MISSOURI SENATE:

OLD RATING: LIKELY R
NEW RATING: LEAN R

[HisGrace]

Are Republicans tired of winning yet?

Their heads are probably spinning

[Gass3268]

Lol, Jones walked out to Teach Me How To Dougie

[AtorBoltox]

This is a great victory for women

[HisGrace]

Based on tonight's result, I am going to make the following rating change:

MISSOURI SENATE:

OLD RATING: LIKELY R
NEW RATING: LEAN R

Don't really know what this election has to do with any other ones, other than lowering the threshold for the Dems to retake the Senate due to Republicans throwing away what should have been the safest of safe seats. Fortunately I doubt they're going to nominate pedophiles/slavery apologists across the board in 2018.

[Arkansas Yankee]

Monmouth was a big winner tonight.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Bannon has been discredited

[BuckeyeNut]

WHERE IS ICESPEAR

[DrScholl]

I'm sure this has already been asked, but where is Ice Spear?

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

Trump finally tweets; shockingly civil compared to his usual tweet storms...

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[Dr. Arch]

Can LimoLiberal just concern troll every election now?

I said it. LimoLiberal is a reverse banshee.

[Kamala]

Trump finally tweets; shockingly civil compared to his usual tweet storms...

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Probably since he didn't write it.

[Oryxslayer]

I won't rest easy until all precincts are counted - I remember 2002. So I will be here until 100% is in.

[The Dowager Mod]

Trump finally tweets; shockingly civil compared to his usual tweet storms...

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Bet Kelly got his phone and tweeted that.

[MAINEiac4434]

Can LimoLiberal just concern troll every election now?

"I think the Gillibrand/Jones ticket is going to get less than 100 electoral votes tonight. Trump flips Virginia, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Maine and Oregon."

[Illiniwek]

Trump finally tweets; shockingly civil compared to his usual tweet storms...

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Probably since he didn't write it.

Yeah, cmon. This isn't the way he normally talks. No way it is his.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

And we all thought the NYT model was nuts...

Anyways this has been the best night Democrats have had since 2012. This is an utter embarrassment for the GOP and Trump as it is his second endorsement to fail in Alabama. This was a rebuke to Bannon and Trump.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

The souls of the four little girls who were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing are smiling down from heaven tonight!