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Intentional effort for him to lose this thing. and thats why i would say the safest betting would be he has a relatively narrow victory. >> its interesting to watch all of the outside help thats coming in, i have heard about people driving people to the polls for doug jones today, and obviously we have had the steve bannons who have come in, and the charles barkleys and more. theres also an argument to be made, that senator richard shelby, who was extremely popular in his state, dealt a huge blo...

This band here in the state, this corner in the southeastern part of the state, absolutely critical for roy moore. they must tourn out in high numbers and he must dominate the vote. to offset, you assume doug jones is going to win in the about ban areas, the rural area is critical. this is the last time the race for state supreme court justice, underperformed mitt romney, struggles in the suburbs, these evangelical voters across the welt in the north and down in the southeast coordinator coming ...

Republicans especially in alabama are very fond of bringing up and believe wholehearted wholeheartedly, then theres no ready to doubt these claims. you mentioned a couple seconds, theres a he said/she said situation, right now, its more a she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said situation. >> i got you. whats a republican supposed to do? >> im a big fan of the write-in vote. i think if youre uneasy about a candidate, you shouldnt vote for them. you shouldnt support somebody bec...

D.c., much of a trump move, as it were. >> it looks like it will cost him the seat. >> it very well should. its a deep red state it. should not be this close. i dont think that alabama has had a republican senator since 1990 or 92. if people are wondering why people are sticking by roy moore the extent that they are, it has to do with how the people feel theyre perceived by the main street media, coastal elites. roy moore pushes back and he fights. >> the polls show hes losing. >> hes down 50-42...

Substituted or to removed from the ballot at that time. >> you could have a write-in candidate, has anyone, as far as you know, mr. secretary, won in alabama statewide, as a write-in candidate? >> no, sir. to our knowledge, we cannot find any indication of any candidate thats ever wound statewide. weve had regional elections where write-in candidates have been successful, local county races, local races where that has occurred but not at the state level. we have had people introduced to us who h...

Within that 76-day window, theres absolutely no way that the ballot can be changed. it cannot be substituted for or removed from the ballot at that time. >> you could have a write-in candidate. has anyone, as far as you know, mr. secretary, won in alabama statewide as a write-in candidate? >> no, sir. to our knowledge we cannot find any indication of any candidate thats ever won statewide. weve had vijayal elections where write-in candidates have been successful. local county races, legislative ...

Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. they explored different scenarios, one of them potentially having attorney general jeff sessions as a write-in candidate. this election is taking place because sessions left that seat to go to the department of justice. that scenario has been described as far-fetched. several sources told cnn the president is fed up with the roy moore situation, that he would prefer to have him drop out of the race. but clearly thats not something the president is saying p...

Jones? this is connie thomas. hes never voted for a democrat in her life but this is what she just told me a bit ago. >> i see a lot of doug jones signs around that im really surprised in neighborhoods that ive never seen a democrat sign in before. and talking to people, people are fed up and sad and disheartened. >> reporter: so the conversation is could potentially republicans either stay home. i talked with another woman who told me she cant with a clean conscience, she should, vote for eithe...

Metal detectors. also, you pay think of taking greyhound back to washington. >> its nice to know if you wait in line to do something, it doesnt make any difference. >> reuters poll this past week found that 79% of americans think that tax reform should help the middle class as over corporate tax rate cuts. however, only 8% of americans think that tax reform actually will help the middle class and most believe that it will help the wealthy. >> smart. thank you. >> back to alabama, some conservati...

Signed a bill that makes write-ins harder in that situation. so thats all -- there are a lot of steps here before you get to the part where the senate would do that. i think mcconnell has prided himself in the past of being hard on this kind of scandal in particular. its a tough thing for him to be in. >> i want you to listen to another excerpt from roy moores radio interview with sean hannity. obviously one of the contexts of this story is its just just this alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-...