Why should Repubs be concerned if Roy Moore steps down?

[kentuck]

So long as his replacement is an (R), it doesn't matter who it is.

They don't even have to have a name. Just an (R) by their name.

That is all that matters with this cult.

[HopeAgain]

1. It's too late for a replacement

I read Alabama law does not permit a replacement this close to the election. So it's all or nothing if he steps down. That's why he won't.

[kentuck]

3. They have been sufficiently brainwashed...

.....to vote for a pedophile over any Democrat.

[MichMary]

4. *cough-Toricelli-cough*

In 2002 the New Jersey Dems were allowed to replace Toricelli with Lautenburg, even though the deadline had passed. That could be considered a precedent.

[HopeAgain]

6. AL State Courts following a NJ Precedent?

Good luck with that one...

Can't help but think of the old Pace Picante Sauce commercial: "New Jersey?!?!"

[LiberalFighter]

8. Precedents only apply within the jurisdiction of the law involved.

[Zambero]

2. Alabama ballots permit expedited straight-ticket voting

Hit a button and all of that party's candidates get your vote. Over 50% of Alabama voters opt for this. How many Republican voters would go to the "trouble" of not voting for Roy Moore or actually voting for Jones, and then selecting down ballot race candidates individually for the "R" after their name, when they could just vote the straight ticket with the push of a button as they have always done? My guess is not many, although I hold out hope that I am wrong.

[msongs]

5. haved read on DU that votes for moore would not be counted giving him a zero vote total nt

[LisaL]

7. He isn't going to step down.