McConnell Says Roy Moore Should Abandon Collapsing Senate Bid
Source: Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTONSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deepened his bid to persuade Roy Moore to drop out of the race for an open Alabama Senate seat after accusations the Republican candidate engaged in sexual misconduct with teenage girls.
At The Wall Street Journal CEO Council, the Kentucky Republican suggested he wanted Attorney General Jeff Sessions to run as a write-in candidate instead for his old seat, and he said that if Alabama voters elect Mr. Moore in the Dec. 12 vote, he would immediately face an ethics investigation.
Mr. Sessions would need to run a write-in campaign because it is too late to get on the ballot ahead of the election against Democrat Doug Jones.
His campaign is collapsing, said Mr. McConnell, who said that President Donald Trump had called him from Vietnam on Friday mostly to discuss the dilemma the party was facing. Obviously were in a discussion here about how to salvage this seat if possible.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcconnell-says-roy-moore-should-abandon-collapsing-senate-bid-1510694095
I'm not sure, but I think they're trying to tell him something...
louis-t
(23,297 posts)candidate. And the write-in candidate will win.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)and then put Luther Strange back onto the ticket?
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)I have; it's not easy. ESPECIALLY if the guy you don't like is right there on the ballot.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)It's what repugs do.
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)You are a fucking disgrace Turtle----------------you really, really are a fucking disgrace--------and have no fucking principles to the Constitution or the Rule of Law, your about as corrupt as the AG, who was the senator of the state
Fuck you
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)It is laughable though the moral vacuum these assholes seem to live in.
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)Their candidates can be. I used to think there was no bottom for what they were willing to defend.
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)Saviolo
(3,283 posts)They sure do quit a lot when it looks like the wind might not be exactly blowing their way.
groundloop
(11,522 posts)Turtle is more worried about the impact on the repub party than on the country or the state of Alabama. Unfortunately (for the repubs) they don't seem to understand the psyche of Crazy Roy.... the more they talk of him dropping out of the race the less likely that it will happen.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)if you put an 'R' in front of his name.
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)Unfortunately, the latest poll by Fox agrees with you:
Moore 49, Jones 43
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Is he planning on resigning as AG? Why don't they write in Luther Strange?
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)nolabels
(13,133 posts)Cannot you see the writing on the wall? The people who are going to vote for him will lie even until they cast their vote for him also. Polling will also be skewed, and you know how these people work. He wins by a slim margin and the Corporate sponsored Republicans rejoice it as a great win instead of the shame that it is.
How many times does this happen before someone gets a clue?