Ah, but we are. Moore's election would have led to an ethics investigation and the truly divisive prospect of forcing out a member elected by the voters.
That was another false mantra intended to damage his candidacy. Glenn Reynolds made a pretty good legal argument that the Senate would have been powerless to oust him, and it was based on court rulings and "Precedent", of which you are a big fan.
Moore's defeat allows this debacle to be put behind us so we can concentrate on keeping the Senate, which is of course the key to securing conservative jurists. The numbers still favor the GOP - and without Moore's baggage I remain cautiously optimistic.
By stabbing Moore in the back, various other Senators have convinced me that they deserve to lose the next election. I suspect others will feel the same way as do I, and there is a possibility many of them will choose to sit home rather than support people they regard as traitors. Letting one of ours be a scapegoat may very well come back to bite them in the @$$.
Some people consider unprovable accusations against a man from 40 years ago to be a bridge too far. Do you know what I consider to be a bridge too far?
Stabbing our people in the back. There is no reconciliation from supporting the enemy. If Jeff Flake was standing for re-election, I would send a picture of a check I would be writing for his enemy.
