re: Bama baws, Bradley Byrne announces run for Doug Jones senate seat

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Doug Jones will not win re-election

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Indeed.

But losing that senate seat did enormous damage to Brett kavanaugh's chances of being confirmed and having an orderly confirmation process. Gave way too much power to Jeff Flake, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski.

And Flake used that power in refusing to vote for a batch of judges in the lame duck to force a vote for a mueller protection bill. That never happened and nominations lapsed and had to be renominated in the new congress.

That's why President Trump prioritized expanding the GOP senate majority over keeping the house. He really barnstormed in the home stretch for Marsha Blackburn, Rick Scott, Mike Braun, Matt Rosendale, and Martha McSally.