Takeaways for the GOP?

Alabama is a state in which the GOP has a strong advantage. But that wasn't enough to overcome the faults in the candidate they put forward. Even Trump's support of him wasn't enough. And now their advantage in the Senate is razor thin, 51-49. They're going to need a breakdown of everything that went wrong for them and to learn from it, because they can't expect to succeed going forward like this.

One thing I'd say, don't run ambiguously racist candidates, or racist candidates at all. Maybe Moore wasn't really racist, but he really didn't do any good with his comment about that last time he thinks America was great...during slavery. Not just ambiguously racist, it's really also just offensive to the nation. 150 years of history since slavery, and he can't find anything he thought was great? Fighting in the world wars, inventing modern computers, aircraft, the internet, landing on the moon, the human genome project, the list goes on. I found it offensive and unrealistic. Anyone got anything else?

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

[quote]One thing I'd say, don't run ambiguously racist candidates, or racist candidates at all. Maybe Moore wasn't really racist, but he really didn't do any good with his comment about that last time he thinks America was great...during slavery.[/quote]

That may have damaged him every bit as much as the child predator accusations. I am being serious here.

Moore still won clear majorities in all categories of white voters. He got killed by a large turnout of African American's voting against him.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@Burnley123

Jones: Prosecuted Klansmen for bombing a church.
Moore: Last time we were great was during slavery.

Yeah.....

Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M

The Republicans have already steamrolled through crazy town. When will their train quit rolling? Maybe when their base loses their Social Security, Medicade and realizes their life doesn't suck because of minorities? They'll die before admitting anything regardless of demonstrated facts.

SW-User

its a republican state the only reason the repubs lost was because of a sick demented candidate. i think the only reason trump wanted the guy to go through was so his agendas wouldnt be stopped.

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RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

@SW-User Indeed, as well as endorsements from Republican senators for the opponent against Moore. Which is frankly shocking.

SW-User

@RemovedUsername8862 no one wants to be tainted by it. the democrats got al fraken to step down and john conyers from michigan to step down for sexual assault allegations. the repubs most likely didnt want to deal with the fall out of having him represent their party.

RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

@SW-User Indeed, or the mess that an expulsion vote might cause down the road.

RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

Do a thorough background examination of your candidate would be a top lesson, but I don't think that this is a GOP problem, not quite. I think that, based on Mitch McConnell and his general reactions to Moore, the GOP brass didn't want Moore, but Bannon and his "ideas" and those who follow them did.

I think that the number one lesson that the GOP should pull from this, and in fact both parties should have already received courtesy of the last election and the campaigns running up to it, is that insurgent candidates are here to stay, and holding to the party line will become a liability when the majority of the base want some sort of change.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Awful candidate from the off ! The rest of the world could see it why was the President or the GOP so scared to de-select him as their candidate ?
That's the question !
Where the GOP so out of touch they thought his support would carry the day ?

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