Alabama Senate race hurtles to a dramatic finish

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Source: Politico




Roy Moore is set to emerge from hiding at a rally with Steve Bannon, as a surprise Fox News poll shows Democrat Doug Jones up by double-digits.

By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI

12/11/2017 02:06 PM EST


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On the day before voters cast their votes in Alabama's roller-coaster Senate special election, Democrat Doug Jones is enlisting last-minute help from former President Barack Obama, while Republican Roy Moore is expected to emerge from hiding at a final-hour rally with Steve Bannon.

The anticipation surrounding the highest-profile special election in years grew with a surprise poll from Fox News showing Jones ahead by double-digits — defying a slew of other surveys that had Moore clinging to a narrow lead.

While Moore prepped for an evening rally with Bannon, the former White House chief strategist and right-wing provocateur, Jones’ campaign is circulated robocalls from Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden.

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But it has also raised questions about Democrats' ability to win over African-American voters without Obama on the ballot, especially in Southern states where tough voter ID laws already make such turnout operations difficult.......................

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/11/alabama-senate-race-roy-moore-doug-jones-290420

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seems moore really wants the bigots to turn out with his finishing the race with vile Bannon!

Link to tweet

[flor-de-jasmim]

1. I know who I'd rather spend the evening with!

[Honeycombe8]

2. Alrightalrightalright! Obama and Biden have done robocalls for Jones.

It may not get Jones a win in dark red Alabama that spits on Democrats, but it sure can't hurt.

[C Moon]

3. Anyone here trust a Fox News poll? I think they are trying to tell voters don't bother voting.

[More_Cowbell]

4. Or to push the GOP voters to vote

Either way, I don't trust Fox or their polls.

[House of Roberts]

5. If yard signs were an indicator,

Moore won't be within ten points. They may vote for him, but they sure ain't proud enough to say so.

[C Moon]

9. Great. Thanks!

[olddad56]

6. I would think that the Russian hackers have things well under control.

I can't imagine a fair election any longer.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. More anticlimactic than dramatic, I'm afraid.

[olddad56]

8. what is the big deal? Moore would be in good company in the GOP senate. He is sleazy enough to fit.

[sofa king]

10. That headline...

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... I can't help reading it as a self-congratulatory headline, with the press proudly baying, "look at the monumental cluster-fuck we created!" Great job, press! I guess.

It doesn't matter, though. Conservatives figured out long ago that their own constituents will forgive them for anything, and we've already seen firsthand that sexual predators only motivate those who are already motivated to vote against them--which is a very sad commentary on the state of human rights in general in the United States.

Alabama has a mechanism in place to influence or derail the results at every stage of the electoral process. The only questions are if they will need to steal it at all, and if they do, what choices of electoral manipulation will they use?

Alabamans out there shouldn't read this as simply tossing up one's hands and giving up. It is much more important for you to get to the polls and have the story of how your vote was stolen recorded--or not, as is the more likely case. Election theft can be defeated with overwhelming turnout, and sooner or later it's going to have to happen in a place like Alabama, or it will never happen again.

Edit: It's the day after the election, now, and I'm here to remind myself that it ain't over until Jones is sworn in.