The Republican primary runoff for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama is heating up with just 4 days until voting day. Both Roy Moore and Sen. Luther Strange are hoping to capture the Trump vote in the state.
President Donald Trump is supporting incumbent Senator Strange and will attend a rally for him Friday evening. Strange is being pushed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the establishment causing many Trump voters to consider whether they should follow the president’s lead or register a protest vote against McConnell and vote for Moore instead.
Former Judge Roy Moore declined to say anything bad about McConnell in a recent interview, but he didn’t have anything positive to say either.
“I’m not going to say anything good about Mitch McConnell, who’s running the fund that’s attacking me with ads,” he said.
Moore has strong support from anti-establishment Conservatives. Governor Sarah Palin and former White House adviser Sebastian Gorka have said that a vote for Moore is “a vote for the agenda that elected the president.”
Thursday night’s debate was no help to voters as the issues were rarely discussed. A battle of talking points was interrupted frequently as Moore and Strange quibbled over who Trump should want in the Senate. Strange repeatedly (and I mean REALLY repeatedly) reminded everyone that Trump likes him, Trump wants him, Trump picked him, etc…
Moore would represent a Washington outsider while Strange is obviously McConnell’s boy. Sen. Strange would likely owe his re-election to the over $12 million McConnell has directed to Alabama – just for the primary. Moore would owe neither McConnell nor the president anything if he wins.
Sen. Strange hasn’t won a single major poll in the last two months illustrating Alabama voters strong desire for an outsider candidate the mirrors the president they elected by a 27-point margin last November. In the most recent poll held on September 16-17, Moore held an 8-point advantage over the incumbent Senator, but he has led Strange by as much as 18 points in polls held over the last few weeks. The Real Clear Politics average of polls since July 31 comes in at almost +9 points for Moore.
Since the debate was worthless for determining real differences between the candidates, determining differences in policy positions requires thorough research. Here’s what CDN found:
Both candidates have issued statements in strong support of gun ownership, against same-sex marriage, against the removal of Confederate statues, both are pro-life and both are for the renegotiation of NAFTA.
It is difficult to find differences between the candidates. Both are running as social and fiscal Conservatives but here’s what we could locate.
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In a nutshell, polish.
Roy Moore is every bit the common man’s hero wielding a sword of righteous indignation sharpened with a touch of moral outrage. He is not as versed on the issues as he should be and speaks ineloquently at times. He was removed from the Alabama Supreme Court twice for refusing to remove the 10 commandments from the building. He is very religious, and a social and fiscal Conservative.
Luther Strange is the consummate politician – 50-word, highly polished responses when 10 would have done and flip-flops on positions when politically expedient. His fiscal Conservatism stops where the debt limit is concerned but hey, Trump likes him … or something.
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