As I recall, Doug Jones won because of the GOP’s "candidate quality problem". That issue seems even more prominent in this cycle, which explains why all the Democratic Senate incumbents except Jon Tester are polling well.
With challengers Mucarsel-Powell in Florida and Allred in Texas having longshot chances, we may just hold the Senate –…
As I recall, Doug Jones won because of the GOP’s "candidate quality problem". That issue seems even more prominent in this cycle, which explains why all the Democratic Senate incumbents except Jon Tester are polling well.
With challengers Mucarsel-Powell in Florida and Allred in Texas having longshot chances, we may just hold the Senate – despite an outrageously difficult map.
An aside: I do wish President Biden had appointed Doug Jones as Attorney General, rather than Merrick Garland.
Candidate quality was obviously a problem that year in Alabama, but if HRC (or any Dem) have won in 2016 you can bet that there just wouldn't have been enough enthusiasm to steal that seat.
As I recall, Doug Jones won because of the GOP’s "candidate quality problem". That issue seems even more prominent in this cycle, which explains why all the Democratic Senate incumbents except Jon Tester are polling well.
With challengers Mucarsel-Powell in Florida and Allred in Texas having longshot chances, we may just hold the Senate – despite an outrageously difficult map.
An aside: I do wish President Biden had appointed Doug Jones as Attorney General, rather than Merrick Garland.
Candidate quality was obviously a problem that year in Alabama, but if HRC (or any Dem) have won in 2016 you can bet that there just wouldn't have been enough enthusiasm to steal that seat.
Agree about Jones vs Garland.
Had a Dem won in 2016 that election wouldn't have happened at all, as Sessions obviously wouldn't have been appointed to anything.