The grapes, they are sour. The Alabama state House has voted to end the practice, so recently disastrous for the Republican Party, of having a special election to fill a Senate vacancy. Instead, a temporary senator appointed by the governor would serve until the next regularly scheduled general election. The bill’s author is trying to claim it’s unrelated to the outcome of December’s special election:
[State Rep. Steve] Clouse told the Advertiser the bill was about saving the state money and has “nothing to do” with the candidates in the December 2017 special election, which saw Sen. Doug Jones (D) defeat Republican Roy Moore in a stunning upset.
Clouse said the 2017 special election cost the state $11 million.
“It has everything to do with the cost to the General Fund,” he said.
Very funny. Call it the Sore Losers Law if it passes. Maybe the lesson Alabama Republicans should take from their December loss is not “let’s change the law to prevent elections” but “let’s not nominate and then stand by men who sexually assault teenage girls.” Just a thought.
One seat at a time we can turn the Senate blue. Can you give $3 to the Democratic nominee funds in Nevada and Arizona?