one of the deepest red seats in the country. it has been a republican seat for over 20 years, nearly 30 years, jeff sessions held the seat, luther strange appointed to the seat and now judge roy moore sitting in the seat or however long he can stay in it or another republican will be appointed by cay ivy. leland: closing argument for 2016 elections for republicans was it doesn t matter if you don t like president trump, he s better than hillary clinton, anybody but hillary, vote trump. it seems as though that is the same closing argument you re hearing from republicans and from the president here, anybody but a democrat, even if it s roy moore. that is what you hear and that s what a lot of people will vote, even the ones outspoken against judge moore, many of them when no one is looking, look out for them to be able to put down roy moore in private to vote for him for the seat, i will not be one of those, i will not vote for roy moore and doug
the idea is allegations will fuel themselves so jones needs to offer a choice that is open to moderate republicans as well as democrats and swing voters in the state. the idea is persistent accusations against more don t go away in the next few days jones just needs to present himself as an alternative. jillian: what about the african american vote? both candidates are on the ground trying to get the vote out for them, 26% of the electorate statewide is african-american. hypothetically jones doesn t need all 26% but he needs a strong portion of the electorate to turn out and that is why we are seeing cory booker, duval patrick, john lewis and other favorites who campaigned for jones in the last few days.