YEA! I think Jones is going to win

[_Jersey Girl]

CNN already called it for Doug Jones. :-)

[_EAllusion]

Trump's composing his "I was for Strange" tweet right now, isn't he?

[_MsJack]

It's a good night to be alive.

[_DoubtingThomas]

CNN already called it for Doug Jones. :-)

I called it before Jones was officially projected to win ;) I was looking at the maps

[_MeDotOrg]

Jones won women voters 58-41. If the split is 50-50 Roy Moore wins in a walk. #metoo is a snowball rolling downhill, picking up size and momentum.

[_EAllusion]

The sources I like to read that follow the goings on of the religious right have been on Roy Moore for years and years. I still don't think this election fully captured just how awful the man is or how bananas the worldview(s) of hardcore fundamentalist evangelicals is. There's just a cultural disconnect between that rather sizeable group and people who don't interact with them on a day-to-day level.

Anyway, religious right watchers gotta be getting black out drunk in celebration right now. Barely, just barely this some bar of decency that won't be crossed today. I mean, it took being outted as a sexual predator of teen girls and a scam artist, habitual disregard for the rule of law, a laundry list of horrifying quotes, contemptuous dishonesty and bigotry on the campaign trail, a strong opponent, and a national environment that is deeply unfavorable to his political party, but damn it there is a line there somewhere.

[_Brackite]

in my opinion, Steve Bannon is the biggest loser tonight.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/364 ... dest-state.

[_Some Schmo]

in my opinion, Steve Bannon is the biggest loser tonight.

I was thinking the same thing.

[_EAllusion]

in my opinion, Steve Bannon is the biggest loser tonight.

I was thinking the same thing.

Brietbart was covering the election earlier tonight like Moore had already won. I checked in just now to scope out the hilarity and the top article was "Republican saboteurs flip seat to Democrats."

Delicious.

[Guest]

It seems like the Republicans can learn one of two lessons tonight. If Breitbart is going to talk about 'saboteurs', then the alt-right wing of the party seems ready to go down in a blaze of ideological purity. I'm not sure how the rest of the party feels.

ButI take very little comfort from this election with respect to politics in Alabama. I just heard that Matt Drudge tweeted if Luther Strange had run he would have won in a landslide. I bet Big Luther would have won comfortably. So yes, this was a good night for Democrats. I actually think it is more significant for what it portends for Democrats outside of Alabama, rather than within. Because if a Republican President's coattails can't help a Republican candidate in the 5th Reddest State, that will give pause to Congressional candidates considering aligning publicly with the President in states that are a lot less Red than Alabama. I guess the question to be decided is: How long are Trump's Coattails if the candidate is not a child molester, but comes from a less Red state than Alabama?

Roy Moore has not yet conceded. If the margin is less than 0.5%, there is an automatic recount.