While we're doing our happy dance, let's not forget that...

[TreasonousBastard]

The best candidate we could put up against the worst candidate they could put up just barely won. And it was largely black women who put him over the line.

The Trump tide is turning, but 2018 will not be easy.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. True, but tonight, I'm dancin' anyway!

[Meowmee]

2. Agree

The write ins were an important factor too.

[eleny]

3. Alabama makes it extraordinary

Moore never saw a loss coming. He was completely blindsided.

[syringis]

4. Yes but republicans...

...did not play fair.

I wonder what would have been the results if they didn't manipulate the votes.

[MikeydaDog]

5. This was a particularly tough area of the country though. Nt

[Silver Gaia]

11. I agree.

Even as close as it was, this is a noteworthy win. It's freaking Alabama!

[sprinkleeninow]

18. We must have gladness now, but then with sobriety, zero in on the next thing

and keep the momentum strong for success.

[Silver Gaia]

20. Agree with that, too.

But we needed this to boost our sagging spirits. This is fuel.

[sprinkleeninow]

21. Yes, we did need this. This is food for our spirit.

[regnaD kciN]

6. And we probably need to realize that Jones is a one-term Senator...

Alabama will easily flip back to the Republicans in 2020, as long as they nominate a candidate who doesn't have a hankering for underage girls.

Hopefully, by Election Night 2020, it won't matter, as Democrats will have recaptured both chambers of Congress and the Presidency, no matter what happens in Alabama.

[BadgerMom]

12. Maybe.

But maybe he'll acquit himself so well the voters will see no reason to unseat him. Incumbency can be formidable.

Also, black Alabama women--and men--came out in force. Let's win back Congress in 2018 and make disenfranchisement more difficult everywhere, including Alabama.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Excellent point!

But after the nightmare we've experienced since Trump entered our lives, it's nice to have a victory - for once!

[BadgerMom]

13. Don't forget Virginia and New Jersey.

[Rhiannon12866]

14. You are very right - it's just that this one was especially unexpected

And will hit Trump right where it hurts, since he got involved with this one personally!

[RandySF]

8. This is the first senate victory in Alabama since 1992

[JI7]

9. in a Solid Red State which Luther Strange would probably have won easily . we have Virginia also

[standingtall]

10. GA

LA,MS,TX,SC,NC,TN,FL and North Carolina are all much easier climbs than Alabama. We can flip those states without running against a pedophile.

[Akoto]

15. For tonight, I will celebrate and let 2018 be 2018.

This was a very heartening win. In a state where our party is not typically the victor, people of good conscience - some of them probably even lifetime Republicans - came out to stop an alleged pedophile from gaining a position of great power. They pulled off a win which, a few days ago, a lot of people would've doubted.

It was also particularly satisfying to see the African American and other minority communities come out in droves, totally bewildering the opposition. We owe a large portion of this victory to them. I'm gladdened that they are wise to voter suppression tactics previously used against them and that many who were turned away with provisional ballots did not stay silent.

This is a great win, and who knows? They just might like their new Senator and decide to keep him around.

[Old Crank]

16. Still have to remember

We Still have to remember that 49% or the electorate went for a racist, misogynist child abused. 49%. Can't relax. We must push this hard all over the country. Every district, house seat, senate and governor race.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

17. Whatever happened my father was euphoric

When I left the office Moore was still in the lead and when I am in Canada it takes me about forty minutes to drive home. When my father's cell number showed up on my Bluetooth I panicked because my Mom went into the hospital today for what was supposed to be a minor procedure and he rarely calls me from his cell phone, he was so excited I could barely understand him but somewhere in Irvine my elderly father was making a scene.

[MFM008]

19. I won't look at any polls anymore

But a swell will turn into a rogue wave in 2018.
It won't be easy but it will happen due to simmering anger and revulsion at the whiney white house bitch.