The party’s success (or lack thereof) in 2018 will largely be rooted in the favorability ratings of Trump and his party.
Doug Jones
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Even More Nonsense from John Kasich
Does anybody buy the good-guy act at this point? America’s favorite fake-moderate was dragged on to NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday, and again tried to promote the dubious idea that Donald Trump and Roy Moore are anomalies in the GOP, as opposed to being an accurate representation of what his party thinks and believes: Ohio […]
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The Jones Act: Lessons from Alabama
I was wrong. I didn’t think Doug Jones had a chance in hell. I figured that at the end of the day, the Alabama electorate would give the guy with the (R) next to his name the benefit of the doubt, no matter how corrupt or craven. I figured that too many voters would be […]
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The Republican Tax Bill Isn’t a Done Deal Yet
There are still some issues that need to be resolved, and Republicans only have one week to do so.
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Roy Moore Ran into Some Alabama History
African American turnout was especially high in the Black Belt, where slave plantations were concentrated in the state.
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The National Review Blames Bannon, Not Trump, for the Alabama Loss
In seven separate hot takes on the Roy Moore fiasco, no one was willing to blame Trump.
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The Unimaginable Just Happened in Alabama
A Democrat took Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’s Senate seat.
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The Question on the Table in Alabama’s Special Election
Both Alabama and the nation are at a crossroads to determine whether or not we’ll come down on the right side of history.
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I Didn’t Want to Care About Doug Jones
I wanted to avoid any emotional investment in the Alabama special election, but now I’ll be very disappointed if Doug Jones doesn’t win.
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Will Anyone Really Be Surprised if Roy Moore Wins?
In an infamously bloody scene in The Untouchables (1987), Robert De Niro declared, “I get nowhere unless the team wins.” Three decades later, De Niro’s line is, in effect, Donald Trump’s motto–and if that motto is shared by a majority of the Alabama electorate, then Roy Moore is guaranteed to win the state’s special US […]
