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@heyabbott is running the numbers. Depends on the final spread.

 

Although you gotta admire someone who, when laying out the myriad sins committed by a “they,” closes with hubris — rather than pedophilia — to drive the point home!

 

Ehh, he had been feuding with Broyles for years. The Helms thing gave ole Frank an excuse to push out a FB coach who was gaining on his popularity among the fans.

 

"I ain't heard no fat lady!" –Will Smith, Independence Day

(Please don't get my hopes up like this, Cohn.)

 

Troll Damn Tide

 

Justin Green of the Atlantic notes that in 1994, Alabama had a recount for a state Supreme Court election that lasted almost an entire year.

 

Could make it closer, but not enough for Jones to win.

The young, college educated breaking for Moore, and late deciders breaking for Moore, were killers. I’d like to be wrong.

 

'Bamers gonna 'Bamer. Bull Connor, George Wallace, Roy Moore, a tradition like no other.

 

PredictIt market is going crazy with every trickle of data. It was up to something like 80% for Moore earlier tonight, now a slight advantage for Jones.

 

Ah. Makes sense.

 

The prediction markets are for people who think the dog track is too slow a way to lose money.

 

They've got a point here. It's really hard to say because we just don't know which precincts within counties are reporting. But reading the tea leaves as is, we've got the classic "rural counties report first, waiting for the late urban vote dump" set-up and I'm not sure Moore has a big enough lead built up for that point.

But I'm not even getting anywhere in the general vicinity of a strong prediction. It could still be Moore +7 for all I know.