You almost start to feel bad for Alabama Democrats — the election of Sen. Doug Jones in 2017 has fried their brains.
They truly seem to believe that Alabama is a purple state. They believe that Gov. Kay Ivey’s re-election is in doubt because Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox is a candidate who can lead them to victory in Alabama.
They believe that the “blue wave” is a thing and Alabama is about to take part in it.
This stuff is not a real thing outside of the social media world.
But Democrats are already trying to nationalize this election by talking about the #BlueWave’s lesser known cousin #FlipTheSouth:
Congratulations to @WaltMaddox! On November 6th, let’s flip Alabama blue! #FlipTheSouth
— Randall Woodfin (@randallwoodfin) June 6, 2018
Or go to war with Trump … in Alabama:
To win in November, Walt Maddox and other Democrats must fight Trump with Trump, argues @RoySJ: https://t.co/WBSssEb8d3 pic.twitter.com/n08jL1bpMq
— AL.com (@aldotcom) June 6, 2018
Why this matters:
Ivey isn’t Moore, and if they can’t find a silver bullet to use against Kay Ivey she is going to trounce Maddox and demoralize Alabama’s Democrats. The media and their Democrat allies truly believe Sen. Jones won his election, but he did not.
The 2017 special election was won by Democrats because Republicans stayed home. Unless that happens again, Maddox has no prayer.
The details:
— Jones won because he got 92 percent of Clinton’s vote total from 2016 while Moore just got 49 percent of Trump’s. That won’t happen again.
— Ivey more than doubled Walt Maddox’s primary total.
— Ivey also beat all Democrats combined.
— Second-place GOP finisher, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, only trailed Maddox by roughly 10,000 votes.
@TheDaleJackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a conservative talk show from 7-11 am weekdays on WVNN
