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I don't think we'll hear that now. 
They came up with someone worse than W - they can come up with someone worse than the Con. Look at that pile of shit in AL they are trying to get elected.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-big-wins-top-democrats-still-shying-away-from-alabama-special-election
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“This is a winnable seat and we are insane not to pursue it maximally,” former DNC Chair Howard Dean said in an interview. “I know Alabama is a conservative state. But they are Americans and they can’t possibly think what Trump is doing is okay. Jones is a homeboy. He has distinguished himself. I don’t think all Alabamians are racists. That’s a northern canard. They will stand for decency if they have a chance and this is a decent candidate we have versus a really awful one that they have.”
Dean’s bullishness on Alabama spotlights a dilemma—a welcomed one, perhaps—that currently confronts the Democratic Party: With the apparent opportunity to compete in places it normally couldn’t, officials must now figure out how best to deploy their finite resources, staff and attention.
Jones’ race is likely to be the last high-profile one of 2017, but not everyone is convinced he stands a chance — or that he’d benefit from his own party’s overt help.
“It is going to be won at a local level,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told The Daily Beast just hours before the election results trickled in on Tuesday. “I have spoken to him. I think he is handling it from a good Alabama perspective and we will see what happens.”
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“This is a winnable seat and we are insane not to pursue it maximally,” former DNC Chair Howard Dean said in an interview. “I know Alabama is a conservative state. But they are Americans and they can’t possibly think what Trump is doing is okay. Jones is a homeboy. He has distinguished himself. I don’t think all Alabamians are racists. That’s a northern canard. They will stand for decency if they have a chance and this is a decent candidate we have versus a really awful one that they have.”
Dean’s bullishness on Alabama spotlights a dilemma—a welcomed one, perhaps—that currently confronts the Democratic Party: With the apparent opportunity to compete in places it normally couldn’t, officials must now figure out how best to deploy their finite resources, staff and attention.
Jones’ race is likely to be the last high-profile one of 2017, but not everyone is convinced he stands a chance — or that he’d benefit from his own party’s overt help.
“It is going to be won at a local level,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told The Daily Beast just hours before the election results trickled in on Tuesday. “I have spoken to him. I think he is handling it from a good Alabama perspective and we will see what happens.”
How does a democratic candidate not benefit from his own party's overt help?
First, Moore is a flaming pile of human garbage, so if we are who we claim we are, then we fight this fucking fight!
Second, it would be a huge demoralizing blow to the GOP to lose this seat. WTF? The national party might sit this one out?
