The Senate Refusing to seat Roy Moore is a tall order. It requires the same hurdle as expelling an already seated member, 2/3rds vote. Meaning 19 GOP Senators have to vote to expel one of their own when their contentious agenda already can’t stand the lost of 3 on most votes. We already saw Paul Ryan today reduce the entire thing down to getting tax cuts passed.

Add to that the fact that many of them are heading into the 2018 midterms and are deathly afraid of angering Trump’s atavistic voter base. It’s like the GOP knows their time in power is most likely limited and they’re doing everything possible to reward the people who put them there at the long term expense of the country.

I mean, they could do it, but it’s nowhere near a slam dunk.