[Dr. Sivana]

Trump hinted that he “might” campaign for Moore. If he does that would clinch a Moore win.

So much of all this is about timing. The coordinated attack on Moore came a tad early (maybe in an attempt to increase Jones fund-raising and dampen Moore's, or the vain hope thathe would withdraw).

Now, after the best shot is old news, and new false witnesses are more easily exposed (that rumored #6 who was after Moore married never materialized), they've got nothing left in the chambers. Moore already was tough, but every impression he has had of McConnell and his ilk must be solidified by ten in a way not seen since Clarence Thomas.

[Martin Tell]

Agree that they pulled the trigger on this too early. That leads me to believe that Turtle was behind it. Plan was probably to force Moore out and try to retain a GOPe seat with a write-in (see Alaska for the playbook). Moore, however, refused to crawl away and die (and Strange (strangely) did not go along with write-in plan), so now it is back to Moore or Jones and Jones is obviously out of step with Alabama political beliefs.

If the RATs had been behind this, they would have waited until after Thanksgiving. I think the Access Hollywood tape taught them not to deploy a smear too long before an election.