WMAL Interview - JIM ANTLE - 12.12.17

INTERVIEW - JIM ANTLE - The Washington Examiner's politics editor

Preview Alabama election today

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Win or lose, Roy Moore could spell trouble for Trump and Republicans by W. James Antle III | Dec 10, 2017, 12:01 AM

Republicans are bracing themselves for Tuesday’s special election for Senate in Alabama, where President Trump has gambled heavily on a victory for Republican Roy Moore in a race where either outcome has major pitfalls for his party.

“When it comes to 2018,” one Republican strategist said, “this could really be a lose-lose situation.”

If Moore loses, it will tell Democrats no area is too red to contest in next year’s midterm elections and boost their candidate recruitment. If Moore wins after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct involving girls as young as 14 when he was in his 30s, it could further tarnish the GOP brand among women and college-educated suburban voters, especially after Democrats took steps to purge high-profile sexual harassers from the congressional ranks.