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I talked with a doug jones campaign official this morning and they said hes going to keep his head down, continue to focus on jobs, health care and education. as for a write-in candidacy theres floating about a potential luther strange but what that would do who probably cut into the roy moore campaign and potentially give that democratic seat the united states senate. alex? >> okay. von hill hard, thanks for setting us. lets bring in republican strategist susan, msnbc contributor howard dean,...

This is you had senator ted cruz, mitt romney. you name it. this is definitely the difference between this anded to aiken is that this is an actual allegation. its crazy that in 2017 were having to compare this back to todd aiken. this is -- these allegations speak for themselves. >> many senators speaking out about this. how much leverage do republicans leaders have over roy moore at this point. >> very little. thats the problem. they cant really force him off the ballot. in fact, even if he ch...

Aparentally one thing is they are asking the republican governor to recule the election. >> that would allow them to have a longer period in which to put together a new candidate, but also talking about going forward with this election with a write-in candidate, perhaps luther strange was the incumbent this that seat appointed earlier in the year to replace jeff sessions. he could replace a write-in perhaps to jump in as a write-in, themselves. the problem with that is, they dont know whether th...

Is, isnt it? >> yes, absolutely. we have to go forward from here. it will be interesting to see if the write-in candidate gets some traction. luther strange is being pushed to run as a write-in. it would probably split the vote and they might get a democrat. but this shows its not politically motivated. why would democrats want to waste times on revelations in a district in a state that is ur -- purely red. >> do democrats have any leverage at all, or are they stuck with this choice? >> they hav...

There could be more information coming forward. who knows. this is a bridge too far and the republican party ought to disown every aspect of him. >> thanks so much. >> you bet. thanks. and my panel is back with me. you leader congressman kinzinger, a conservative republican, but something -- somewhat independent minded when it comes -- >> whether you can do a write-in for luther strange. by the way, luther strange

Whats your standing because were getting close to this election. >> absolutely. were getting very close to this election, which complicates matter here. from talking to people today, it sounds like a write-in would be one way to go about this if the republicans were to put a chal europe there. >> i its a state that obviously leans heavily republican if you

Particular in the but republicans, amid this huge push on taxes now face this political burden, perhaps moral burden, down in the south. >> julie, i know all of us have been rushing to get the equivalent of a masters degree in alabama election law but whats your standing because were getting close to this election. >> absolutely. were getting very close to this election, which complicates matter here. from talking to people today, it sounds like a write-in would be one way to go about this if th...

So were very close to this election, which really complicates matters here. in talking to people today and then talking to my colleagues in alabama, it sounds like a write in would be one way to go about this if the republicans were to try to put a challenger up there. i do think one thing to watch, as bob pointed out, is whether democrats do try to put some more money in the state. thats a state that obviously leans heavily republican. if you had a potential write in on the republican side and ...

Editorial saying roy moore should drop out. i think all republicans we showed intended to say the right thing and the decent thing but in this climate, once a woman puts her name on the record in a story, it is true. that is where we are. so by saying -- i mean, these were named women in this story and theyre the victims. not roy moore or fake media. but where do you think the republican party needs to go here? >> where john mccain has gone. god bless john mccain. weve become a party of donald t...

Himself or the alabama republican party can withdraw his name from consideration. but moores name will remain on the ballot because you have a lot of absentee ballots that have already gone out, oversea ballots that have gone out and theres no chance to change the name on the ballot. any votes for him, if he were to withdraw, would be decertified, which means republicans right now, wolf, are facing this problem if he withdraws the way that they could win with republicans would have to be through...