I am watching the Rachel Maddow show as I do most nights since the election. I love her in depth coverage of the Russia story.
She is advocating the Senate begin hearings now to determine if Moore should be expelled if elected.
This is both incredibly naive and dangerous.
it is naive because the only chance the Republicans have of holding the seat is to convince the sane Republicans in Alabama that electing Moore is not really electing Moore, so it is already the coordinated strategy to condemn Moore from Washington and deny he will be seated, while Moore rails against McConnell and the party establishment to fire up his supporters in Alabama.
it is dangerous because it asserts that the Senate can use its investigative powers to smear federal candidates.
Republicans are demanding yet another politically driven investigation into Hillary Clinton. Do we really want to legitimize “investigations” into candidates in the middle of a federal election?
Rachel you are better than this.