No good outcomes for Republicans
By Dan Balz
... The contest between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones ... It sweeps in everything .. current — President Trump’s standing, the fractured Republican Party, the Democrats’ hopes for 2018, and .. the issue of whether .. political allegiance outweighs credible claims of sexual misconduct.
...voting Tuesday will not end the controversy ... Tuesday’s results will be picked .. for meaning beyond what any single election can produce, but there will be plenty .. worth picking at.
... If Moore wins, the party will have preserved the seat but will be saddled with a new senator under a cloud of allegations ...
If Moore loses ... the result will have inflamed .. anti-establishment forces led by .. Bannon, deepening antagonisms that .. roil the party. A Jones victory also would tarnish the president, who has enthusiastically endorsed Moore ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-alabama-no-good-outcomes-for-the-republican-party/2017/12/09/7d66efc8-dc57-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html?utm_term=.f380c5cd3878
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