(REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan)The Washington Post just published some downright shocking allegations about Alabama's Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. But if Moore doesn’t win and Democrat Doug Jones does, Republicans’ effective Senate majority will have declined from 52-48 to 51-49. It would also make the GOP’s Senate majority significantly more vulnerable next year. "Steve Bannon is responsible," said Josh Holmes, a former McConnell chief of staff who argued that Bannon has enabled candidates like Moore who are outside the GOP mainstream. Republicans’ ability to win the Senate majority was arguably delayed for years by these candidates' upset wins in GOP primaries.

Source: Washington Post November 09, 2017 18:00 UTC