And that is how you win.
In the grand scheme of things it doens’t mean much for alabama. The republicans will find some squeaky clean milktoast to run next time and he’ll win on brand name and saying the words tax cuts and second amendment a bunch. Best case scenario, some people towards the centre realize a democrat…

If it’s giving McConnell migraines I’m all for it.

People are talking about the 1.5% margin, but what they don’t remember is that Alabama voted for Trump by 30%, so that’s a 31% voter shift. That’s completely unheard of and a monumental achievement. We should all be paying Alabaman democrats to lead seminars after tonight.

McConnell is likely quite pissed as well since his preferred candidate (Luther Strange) would have beaten Jones. If GOP has any sense, they would realize that the Trump/Breitbart/conspiracy theory radio voting segment of society is a minority of registered GOP voters and an albatross around their neck. They need to…

But The entire country did that last year. It’s only been 1 year since a near majority across the entire NATION did that.

More like almost every black person having to drag the vast majority of white folks into decency

You know what, this gives me hope and I’ll take it. Took it as an opportunity to donate again to Randy Bryce. If Alabama can come through in the end, then there’s hope Wisconsin’s 1st district will fire Paul Ryan. Keep looking ahead.

Agreed. It has been a terrible, terrible year. I watched the returns tallied on the NY Times, and saw the same movement I saw last November: Looking good in the early returns, then ‘red’ voters pulling ahead.

This is my favorite comment of this whole fucking night.

Black people saved America’s honor. Again.

It’s ugly in the respect that he should have never gotten the nomination in the first place and it should have never been this close.

A democrat just won in alabama. Take what you can get. The gop threw their entire weight behind a candidate in their safest state, openly betraying even the slightest shred of the morals they claim to have, Trump went in head first and they lost.

They know they are not safe anywhere.

Because 630 thousand Alabamians still decided they wanted a criminal pedophile to be their legislative representative in one of the highest governing bodies in the country.

It’s a good W. But...

Aw c’mon, man. Just enjoy one, hey?

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Oh great now its going to be nothing but abortion after abortion. Thinking of buying a new car? Aborted. I was going to get a raise last week but what do you know? Aborted. Abortion on-demand. Abortion on TiVo. Mail-order abortion. Abortion in our streets. Abortion in our churches. Pay-per-viewbortion. Fake abortions.…

Yes.

I was a political science major, and I have been doing a lot of thinking about what a Jones upset would mean. It’s pretty significant, and requires a fair amount of nuanced thinking. So I apologize in advance if this gets kind of dense and long, but here’s the analysis of someone who studies and thinks about this…

I am white. I have taught history. (Currently I teach chemistry).