This is how it’s done: The grassroots organizing in black communities by groups like local NAACP chapters was more muscular than it had even been in the 2016 general election. In the lead-up to Tuesday’s contest, voting-rights groups registered people with felonies, targeted awareness campaigns at people who might not have had proper ID, and …
Election 2017
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Things Get Better, Eventually
Germany's Brandenburg Gate in 1939 vs. 2017. Happy Hanukkah! pic.twitter.com/hxMuL2zU0b — (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) December 12, 2017 . What’s on the agenda, as we start an unexpectedly bright day? *********** From the Washington Post: Doug Jones’s odds-defying victory in Alabama — handing Democrats a vanishingly rare Senate win in the Deep South — scrambles President …
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Early Morning Musical Interlude Open Thread
Hey Roy, hit me up if you need pointers on how to gracefully concede you dirtbag. — Justin Guarini (@JustinGuarini) December 13, 2017 NYMag, “Roy Moore Won’t Concede, Tells Supporters to ‘Wait on God’”: … [I]n an entirely unsurprising development, Moore refused to accept defeat, and told supporters that God still isn’t done with the …
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Late Night Gloating Open Thread: Moore Is A Losing Luzer Who Loses
Thank you ALABAMA!! — Doug Jones (@GDouglasJones) December 13, 2017 The good people of Alabama will be voting for Doug Jones and against Roy Moore. Others will also vote. — Greg Dworkin (@DemFromCT) December 12, 2017 So it turns out God's plan for Roy Moore might be for him to sit down and shut the …
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Open Thread: And There Will Be Much Rejoicing!
Doug Jones wins! Donald Trump is on an epic losing streak this year. #AlabamaSenateElection pic.twitter.com/gamrQSCXK4 — Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) December 13, 2017 . CONGRATULATIONS, SENATOR JONES! Breaking news: Doug Jones has won the Alabama senate race, according to the Associated Press. https://t.co/OoMlPxFuB7 — NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) December 13, 2017 … The upset delivered an unimagined …
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Holy Moly
BREAKING: Democrat Doug Jones wins election as U.S. senator from Alabama. @AP race call at 10:23 p.m. EST. #AlabamaElection #APracecall — The Associated Press (@AP) December 13, 2017 Update 1 from Japa21 Well, the good scotch is coming out. Dave +1
Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
All tied up and here’s good rundown of what’s left from my go to guy for this stuff. Good areas remaining for Jones: MontgomeryJeffersonDallasMobile (?)Tuscaloosa (?) Good areas remaining for Moore: Baldwin I *think* Jones is the favorite…but need to see more Jefferson. #ALSEN — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 13, 2017