link roundup - 12/12/17

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Actually just two links, but feel free to drop more in the comments.

* Doug Jones’s victory scrambles the Republican congressional agenda (WaPo)

* It’s not just scandal: Moore lost in Alabama because the GOP agenda is toxically unpopular (Vox)

Money quote:

Alabama is a reminder that luck can cut in either direction. It’s also the case that to an extent Democrats made their own luck in Alabama by recruiting a very strong candidate in Doug Jones at a time when the race seemed impossible to win. The freakishly large number of Democrats who want to run for office in 2018, is an indicate that Democrats will be able to take advantage of whatever good luck comes their way next year with decent candidates in the field almost everywhere.

Comments

[lynnenne]

It's heartening, actually, to see most Americans rejecting the GOP agenda of tax breaks for the rich, environmental degradation and the dismantling of health care.

Republicans are basically working for the donor class, now. They're forgetting that donations don't decide elections. Voters do. And there are a hell of a lot more middle- and lower-income voters than there are millionaires.