re: #497 Belafon
Democrats should do the right thing because itâs the right thing to do, but, politically, there will be very little come of this. Republicans - hell, Moore - will attempt to paint the Democrats as the party of sexual aggressors, and Republican women will buy it. It will be used by Republicans as a justification to vote for far worse Republicans. Democrats will agree that he should be gone, but itâs already baked into their calculus. Itâs not going to suddenly make them say âHey, that was enough for me.â
Punting Franken without the Ethics Investigation isnât the right thing to do.
And no, it wonât work, and I donât kid myself it will suddenly inspire a lot of female Independents to vote for the ârighteousâ Dems. Thatâs a (usually male) fantasy.