No Moore

yakov_a_jerkov — 13.12.2017 Трамп выступил в свою силу.

Сначала на праймериз Трамп поддержал Стренджа. Стрендж проиграл Мору.

Потом появились известные обвинения против Мора. Трамп на время затаился, но потом целиком и полностью поддержал Мора.

И вот итог -- республиканцы проиграли в Алабаме. Проиграли место Сешнса в Сенате.

Нужно отдать должное и Бэннону, который решил победить республиканский истеблишмент. Удачно получилось.

Да и вся республиканская партия тоже молодцы. Сначала "I think he will be for tax reform", потом "мы верим женщинам, не место такому паразиту в Сенате", и, в конце концов, назад к "поддержим Мора".

В общем, все молодцы.

David Frum:

Bad night for the "let's recruit the creepiest possible candidate" strategy

Decency wins

— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) December 13, 2017

Добавлю сюда эту цепочку от Alex Burns. Это было написано вчера.

It took an extraordinarily unsuccessful series of choices, by Republican leaders, to make the Alabama race competitive even *before* the Moore scandal. Let’s review them in choose-your-adventure form.

You’re President-elect Trump. You have to choose an attorney general. Do you:
(1) Reward Jeff Sessions for loyalty, knowing it will prompt a potentially messy special election
(2) Pick one of many non-senators available to the job, at the risk of disappointing your (then-)friend

OK, you chose (1). Now you’re Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and you have to name a senator. Do you:
(1) Name an uncontroversial placeholder who won’t seek a full term
(2) Name a highly popular and well known politician
(3) Pick the state AG who is currently investigating you

You picked (3)! Great. But oh no, you had to resign in your own scandal. Now you’re the new gov, Kay Ivey. Do you:
(1) Leave the special election alone and let Luther Strange serve through 2018
(2) Move up the election to Dec. 12, 2017

Welp, you chose (2). Now you’re Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the race is getting messy. Do you:
(1) Stay out of it
(2) Use your super PAC to nuke Roy Moore
(3) Ignore Roy Moore, trust Luther to beat him 1 on 1, and nuke a third candidate, House hard-liner Mo Brooks

OK, you chose (3). Yikes. Your guy lost the primary and Roy Moore, who you hate, is the Republican nominee. Do you:
(1) Grudgingly endorse him but close your checkbook
(2) Endorse him and go all-out to beat Doug Jones
(3) Shun Moore & immediately start recruiting a 3rd candidate

Well, you chose (1) and things have settled down a bit. It’s Nov. 9. Do you:
(1) Take a big sip of coffee and check the website of the Washington Post.
(2) Take a HUGE sip of coffee and check the website of the Washington Post.

I hope you’ve all enjoyed this game. The point, obviously, is that if at any point, any of the other paths had been taken, Rs might never have had to worry about this election in a serious way, or find themselves painted into a corner with Roy Moore when the scandal broke.

However this turns out tomorrow, the election developed as a hugely unlikely event, shaped by human choices and their unintended consequences. None of it was inevitable.

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