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Surprise Georgia resignation jolts battle for the Senate

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Surprise Georgia resignation jolts battle for the Senate

Sen. Johnny Isakson’s (R-Ga.) announcement that he will resign later this year due to health problems puts Republicans on defense. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

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Republicans will now be forced to defend two seats in an emerging swing state.

Democrats’ path to a Senate majority after the 2020 elections got a little wider on Wednesday.

Sen. Johnny Isakson’s (R-Ga.) announcement that he will resign later this year due to health problems puts Republicans on defense, with another competitive seat on the ballot in an emerging swing state.

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Democrats need to flip three states to win back the Senate if they also capture the White House. Only two Republicans are up in states President Donald Trump lost in 2016 — Colorado and Maine — meaning Democrats will have to win in red states to control the chamber.

Republicans now have to defend two seats in Georgia — which is also likely to be competitive in the presidential race — increasing the attention and money required to hold their grip on the rapidly shifting state.

Democrats haven’t won a Senate race in Georgia in two decades, and the party had alreadystruggled to recruit top-tier talent to the race after Stacey Abrams passed on running earlier this year. Abrams said Wednesday she won’t run in a special election, either. But new Democrats could consider jumping in to run in the special election, and if the party is able to put the state in play, it gives them a two-for-one opportunity.

Nikema Williams, the chair of the state Democratic party, said it has “never been clearer that the path for Democratic victory runs through Georgia.

“We are the battleground state, and Georgia Democrats are ready to fight and deliver both the Senate and the presidency for Democrats across the country in 2020,” Williams said.

Republicans are confident they will be able to hold Isakson’s seat, alongside that of Sen. David Perdue, who is running for a second term. They point out that Abrams lost the 2018 gubernatorial race in a high-turnout contest — and that Democrats have not attracted top recruits to the first race, let alone to a second.

“Dems were having a hard enough time figuring out who they were going to get behind” against Perdue, said John Watson, a former state GOP chairman. “Now they have the double problem of figuring out two races.”

The developments in Georgia came alongside other significant shifts in Senate contests in recent weeks. National Democrats recruited former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to drop out of the presidential contest andenter the crowded race to face GOP Sen. Cory Gardner, which Democrats say increased their chances in a must-win state. But the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s endorsement of Hickenlooper hasinfuriated progressives and led to vocal backlash from the other candidates.

Meanwhile, in Arizona, appointed Republican Sen. Martha McSally got a primary challenge Wednesday from a wealthy businessman, which could complicate her path against Democrat Mark Kelly, another top party recruit.

Republicans acknowledge that the pending Georgia vacancy is an unwelcome development, but theyargue that it was a state they were already confident they could hold. Some found a silver lining in the effect it would have on the rest of the map.

Dan Eberhart, a major Republican donor, said he thinks the special election strengthens Perdue’s reelection bid and makes the state that much more expensive for Democrats in a contest that was already an uphill battle.

“This will ultimately reduce the resources Democrats have in Arizona, Maine, North Carolina and Colorado down the stretch as they strive for two slightly-out-of-reach Senate seats in Georgia,” Eberhart said.

A Republican strategist working on Senate races, however, acknowledged that a second race in Georgia would likely drain the GOP’s coffers, as well. “It’s just another line item in the budget, frankly. That’s the main concern,” the strategist said.

Zac McCrary, a veteran Democraticpollster who works on Senate races, said winning an open seat is easier than ousting an incumbent, and said the race would immediately be among the top half-dozen party targets.

“I think it expands the playing field that has been relatively thin so far,” McCrary said. “This gives Democrats a wider path to retaking the majority.”

It’s unclear who will ultimately be in the race on either side. Several Republicans are considered candidates for the appointment after Isakson departs at the end of the year: Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan; state Attorney General Chris Carr; and Reps. Doug Collins and Tom Graves.

On the Democratic side, operatives listed several potential contenders, including Michelle Nunn, who lost to Perdue in 2014; Jason Carter, who lost the race for governor that year; and Rep. Lucy McBath, who flipped a suburban House district last year.

Asked Wednesday if he would consider running for Senate, Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, said, “I think anybody would think about it.”

Three candidates are already running for Senate against Perdue: former Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson, Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry and businesswoman Sarah Riggs Amico, who lost the race for lieutenant governor last year and announced her campaign earlier this week. All three confirmed they plan on staying in the race against Perdue.

One other potential candidate is Jon Ossoff, who lost an expensive and closely watched special election for Congress in the Atlanta suburbs in 2017. Ossof is leaning towards running, according to a person who has spoken with him and was grantedanonymity to share private conversations. This week’s developments did not change his timeline but did open up the question ofwhich seat he would run for.

Ossoff has already spoken with potential campaign managers and has had discussions with veteranpollster Fred Yang about working for his potential campaign, according to multiple Democrats familiar with the conversations. Yang did not return an email requesting comment.

Democrats uniformly considered the vacancy a positive for their chances to win back the chamber, pointing to changing political winds in Georgia. While Republicans swept the statewide races in 2018, their winning margins over Democrats were narrow. And Democrats won the Atlanta-area House seat where Ossoff had come up short the year before, another sign of Trump-era GOP weakness in the suburbs.

“This is yet another seat Republicans will need to defend next year in an increasingly competitive battleground where the president’s approval has plunged by double digits since taking office,” said Stewart Boss, a spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Republicans cautioned against handicapping the special election until Gov. Brian Kemp appoints Isakson’s replacement early next year, and most Republicans kept their comments focused on Isakson’s career Wednesday. Perdue in a statement praised Isakson as a “true statesman,” a sentiment other Republican officials echoed.

Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, called Isakson a “steadfast conservative leader” for the state.

“He will be missed, but we look forward to the men and women of Georgia electing another strong Republican leader in 2020 alongside David Perdue,” Young said.

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Alabama Republican Roy Moore Weighs 2020 Senate Bid Despite Party Opposition

Alabama Republican Roy Moore, whose 2017 U.S. Senate bid was derailed by allegations of decades-old sexual misconduct involving teenage girls, is expected to announce on Thursday whether he will run again for the seat next year.

The prospect of a rematch between Moore – a conservative former judge who cultivated controversy even before the salacious allegations against him – and U.S. Senator Doug Jones – widely considered the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent in 2020 – has already gotten pushback from Republican Party leaders, including President Donald Trump.

“If Alabama does not elect a Republican to the Senate in 2020, many of the incredible gains that we have made during my Presidency may be lost,” Trump wrote on Twitter last month. “Roy Moore cannot win, and the consequences will be devastating!”

In media interviews, Moore has expressed interest in running again despite opposition from party leaders.

Democrats need a net gain of three seats in 2020 to win a majority in the 100-seat Senate. Trump won Alabama in 2016 by nearly 30 percentage points.

Jones became the first Democratic senator from Alabama in decades when he narrowly won a special election after Moore, 72, was accused of pursuing sexual relationships with teenagers when he was in his 30s, including one girl as young as 14. He has denied all the allegations.

Jones’ victory came in a special election to fill the seat held by Jeff Sessions before he was named U.S. attorney general by Trump. The November 2020 election is for a full six-year term.

Moore still enjoys a base of support in the deeply Republican state, particularly among evangelical voters.

Before running for the Senate, he was twice removed as the state’s chief judge – once for ignoring a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the judicial building and once for refusing to allow same-sex marriages despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing them.

In 2017, before the sexual misconduct allegations came to light, Moore prevailed in a nominating election over Republican incumbent Luther Strange, who was the party establishment’s preferred choice. A super PAC affiliated with Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate majority leader, spent millions of dollars boosting Strange’s candidacy.

Some Republicans abandoned Moore after the accusations became public, and the party’s Senate campaign arm cut ties with his campaign. But Trump endorsed Moore and sought to cast doubt on the veracity of the allegations against him.

A Moore campaign could prove to be a “headache” for McConnell and other Republicans running for office elsewhere, according to Zac McCrary, an Alabama-based Democratic pollster.

“Mitch McConnell and Republicans across the country don’t want to spend the next year and a half answering questions about Roy Moore,” McCrary said.

Several other Republicans, including former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville and U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne, have announced they will challenge Jones.

(Reporting by Joseph Ax in New York; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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ATLANTA | AP analysis finds Democratic voters hold an enthusiasm edge

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ATLANTA | AP analysis finds Democratic voters hold an enthusiasm edge

ATLANTA — Democratic voters were more enthusiastic than Republicans in nearly a dozen federal special elections since President Donald Trump took office, an Associated Press analysis found, giving party leaders hope that even a series of narrow losses in GOP territory bodes well for them in November.

With the special elections now concluded ahead of the fall midterms, an AP review of nine House races and an Alabama special Senate election showed Democratic candidates consistently outperforming Republicans compared to the two parties’ usual vote totals in regular general elections.

The strong Democratic turnout is a key factor fueling the party’s hopes of regaining control of the House in November for the first time in eight years. It’s particularly significant because Democrats often struggle to turn out their voters when a presidential candidate isn’t on the ballot. The special election voting numbers could signal a change heading into the fall.

The latest indicator came Tuesday in Ohio, where Republican Troy Balderson holds a narrow lead over his Democratic rival, Danny O’Connor, setting up a potential recount in a suburban and small-town congressional district that President Donald Trump won by more than 11 percentage points and that Republicans have held since 1980.

The AP review went beyond percentage totals and compared special election raw vote totals to what Republicans and Democrats received from the same electorates in 2016. The methodology measures candidates’ performance as a percentage of what they could expect in a presidential year when turnout is highest, with the results suggesting which party’s coalition is more engaged and excited about the election cycle.

In Ohio, for example, Balderson’s 101,500-plus votes amount to less than half of Trump’s total in the district and just 40 percent of what former Rep. Pat Tiberi received in his last re-election. O’Connor, meanwhile, pulled in almost 62 percent of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 totals and almost 90 percent of what the last Democratic candidate drew alongside the presidential race.

Altogether, Democrats got a higher proportion than Republicans of the party’s usual presidential vote in eight out of 11 elections. They exceeded Republicans in 10 out 11 races when comparing the special election totals to the most recent House or Senate race involving the same electorate.

Special elections are not a perfect predictor of November, but if those enthusiasm gaps hold for dozens of more fundamentally competitive seats in November, Democrats would stand a strong chance of emerging with the House majority and be poised for statehouse gains, as well.

The data tracks with high-profile special election outcomes ahead of the 2010 midterms when Republicans flipped control of the House and many state legislatures. This year, the trends are giving the GOP pause.

“Obviously, this is a tough environment for Republicans,” said Corry Bliss, executive director of the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC devoted to defending House Republicans’ 23-seat majority. An obviously enthusiastic Democratic base, Bliss said, puts the burden on Republican incumbents and open-seat candidates “to give the voters a reason to vote for them.”

Trump mocked Democratic optimism this week on Twitter, noting the GOP has a lopsided record in federal special elections. Indeed, Republican candidates won seven of the nine special House races. But all seven were Republican seats to begin with, several of them open in the first place because Trump plucked members from supposedly safe seats to join his administration.

Democrats held a California seat, while Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb flipped a Pennsylvania congressional district Trump had won by almost 20 points. Alabama Sen. Doug Jones also pulled a shocker in a December 2017 contest barely a year after Trump won the state by 28 points.

“The numbers show a Democratic energy in the electorate that Republicans don’t have, plus an advantage with independents that Democrats haven’t had in a decade,” said Democratic pollster Zac McCrary. “That’s when waves happen and you win districts you aren’t supposed to win.”

Certainly, Democrats must contend with a tough Senate map — 10 incumbents are running in states where Trump won — and several GOP-run states have drawn congressional districts to Republicans’ advantage, particularly in battleground suburbs that could determine House control. Some regular primaries have shown Republican strength as well: Texas Democrats touted a midterm primary turnout record this March as they try to make the state more competitive, but Republicans answered with their own record.

Still, it’s worth noting that Republicans demonstrated enthusiasm advantages ahead of their 2010 sweep, most notably in January 2010 when they flipped the Massachusetts Senate seat in a special election after Ted Kennedy’s death. Republican Scott Brown topped Democrat Martha Coakley by amassing 105 percent of John McCain’s 2008 presidential vote and 126 percent of what Democrat John Kerry’s Senate challenger had mustered 14 months before.

At the time, Democrats mostly blamed Coakley, just as many Republican blamed Lamb’s and Jones’ opponents for this cycle’s upsets.

The strongest overall special election turnout during Trump’s presidency came in a suburban Atlanta race that became the most expensive congressional matchup in history. That peak for Republicans involved now-Rep. Karen Handel drawing 84 percent of Trump’s total and 67 percent of then-Rep. Tom Price’s last election total before his brief stint as Trump’s health secretary. Democrat Jon Ossoff, meanwhile, ended up exceeding the 2016 count for Price’s opponent. Ossoff got 81 percent of Clinton’s total.

Bliss, the Republican super PAC executive, said the Georgia numbers show Republicans’ core supporters can be energized in November, as they were in the Atlanta suburbs after Ossoff very nearly won an outright majority in a first round of voting, only to lose a runoff.

“Our base is happy with what President Trump and the Republican Congress is doing,” Bliss said. “Our candidates just have to make the stakes clear.”

By BILL BARROW , Associated Press

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Boehm: Checking in with the MLS quintet as CONCACAF Champions League looms

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February 19, 201810:30AM EST

Most MLS teams are entering their final two weeks of preseason preparations for opening day 2018. But it’s just about gametime for the five clubs representing the league in CONCACAF Champions League, with the first legs of the competition’s eight Round of 16 matchups kicking off in a matter of hours, starting with Colorado vs. Toronto on Tuesday night and running through Thursday, when Honduras’ Olimpia and the New York Red Bulls wrap up the first week of action.

Here’s where each of those five clubs stand as of today; for comparison’s sake, you may also wish to peruse this similar rundown from earlier in preseason.

Colorado Rapids

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What will Anthony Hudson’s Rapids renaissance look like on its first matchday? That’s still a pretty open question. Colorado continue to be linked to a range of overseas transfer targets and didn’t play quite the lineups I’d expect in their preseason games to date. Notably, attacking star Shkelzen Gashi (though he apparently reported to camp in great shape) looks to be out of the XI for now due to a nagging calf injury. Hudson’s style of play stresses width, movement and aggressive pressing, and I don’t expect the squad to have mastered it in time to beat defending treble winners Toronto FC. The Front Range’s fickle late-winter weather may prove to be the Rapids’ best hope on Tuesday, with bone-chilling temps and snow showers in the forecast.

Projected Starting XI (3-5-2, left to right): Tim Howard – Deklan Wynne, Tommy Smith, Kortne Ford – Edgar Castillo, Nana Boateng, Johan Blomberg, Jack Price, Marlon Hairston – Jack McBean, Dominique Badji

Colorado Rapids ROSTERED PLAYERS (25 of 30 spots filled as of Feb. 18, 2018):

GK (2): Andrew Dykstra, Tim Howard (DP), Zac MacMath DEF (9): Kip Colvey, Edgar Castillo, Kortne Ford (HG), Eric Miller, Axel Sjoberg (INT’L), Tommy Smith (INT’L), Jared Watts, Danny Wilson (INT’L), Deklan Wynne MID (9): Micheal Azira, Johan Blomberg (INT’L), Nana Boateng (INT’L), Mike Grella, Marlon Hairston, Sam Hamilton, Ricardo Perez (HG), Jack Price (INT’L), Dillon Serna (HG) FWD (5): Stefan Aigner (INT’L), Dominique Badji (INT’L), Caleb Calvert, Shkelzen Gashi (DP, INT’L), Jack McBean

ACQUISITIONS (9): Johan Blomberg, Edgar Castillo, Kip Colvey, Mike Grella, Jack McBean, Jack Price, Tommy Smith, Danny Wilson, Deklan Wynne DEPARTURES (9): John Berner, Bobby Burling, Dennis Castillo, Kevin Doyle, Josh Gatt, Luis Gil, Alan Gordon, Mohammed Saeid, Mekeil Williams

FC Dallas

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Dallas have made significant upgrades to a group that underachieved in 2017, and remains hungry to top the CCL run that ended (painfully) at the semifinals stage almost a year ago. New signings Anton Nedyalkov, Reto Ziegler and Santiago Mosquera appear to be ready to step right into the lineup for Wednesday’s tricky-looking first leg vs. Tauro FC in Panama. One major complication hit Oscar Pareja’s plans over the weekend, however: Star center mid Kellyn Acosta seems to have suffered a setback in his struggle with a groin problem and looks set for a stint on the sidelines. Jacori Hayes is in the mix to take his spot, but I’ve got the more experienced Victor Ulloa in that No. 8 role for now.

Projected Starting XI (4-2-3-1, left to right): Jesse Gonzalez – Anton Nedyalkov, Reto Ziegler, Matt Hedges, Reggie Cannon – Carlos Gruezo, Victor Ulloa – Michael Barrios, Mauro Diaz, Santiago Mosquera – Maxi Urruti

FC Dallas ROSTERED PLAYERS (28 of 30 spots filled as of Feb. 18, 2018):

GK (2): Jesse Gonzalez (HG), Jimmy Maurer DEF (7): Reggie Cannon (HG), Jordan Cano (HG), Maynor Figueroa (INT’L), Matt Hedges, Anton Nedyalkov (INT’L), Kris Reaves, Reto Ziegler (INT’L) MID (11): Kellyn Acosta (HG), Michael Barrios (INT’L), Mauro Diaz (DP), Carlos Gruezo (DP, INT’L), Jacori Hayes, Ryan Hollingshead, Roland Lamah (INT’L), Santiago Mosquera (DP, INT’L), Paxton Pomykal (HG), Brandon Servania (HG), Victor Ulloa (HG) FWD (8): Tesho Akindele, Francis Atuahene (INT’L), Cristian Colman (DP, INT’L), Jesus Ferreira (HG), Adonijah Reid, Bryan Reynolds (HG), Ema Twumasi (INT’L), Maximiliano Urruti

ACQUISITIONS (9): Francis Atuahene, Jordan Cano, Jimmy Maurer, Santiiago Mosquera, Anton Nedyalkov, Kris Reaves, Brandon Servania, Ema Twumasi, Reto Ziegler DEPARTURES (11): Carlos Cermeño, Eduardo Cortes, Coy Craft, Hernan Grana, Luis Gonzalez, Aaron Guillen, Atiba Harris, Walker Hume, Javier Morales, Chris Seitz, Walker Zimmerman

New York Red Bulls

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As entertaining as RBNY fans made the drawn-out wait for winger Alejandro Romero Gamarra’s official signing, better known as #KakuWatch, the New York Red Bulls are surely relieved to have their prized offseason acquisition in the fold in time for their trip to Costa Rica to face Honduras’ Olimpia. That said, coach Jesse Marsch & Co. seem intent on imbuing their preparations with a similar sense of mystery, sharing relatively little in the way of lineup or formation info on public channels. So I’ve had to apply a hefty dose of guesswork to this XI. Will they keep with last year’s 3-3-3-1, or return to Marsch’s beloved (and elusive) 4-2-2-2? For now, I’m betting on a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1-ish look. What isn’t a mystery: They’ll high-press til they’re blue (well, red) in the face.

Projected Starting XI (4-2-3-1, left to right): Luis Robles – Kemar Lawrence, Aurelien Collin, Aaron Long, Michael Amir Murillo – Felipe, Tyler Adams – Alex Muyl, Sean Davis, Daniel Royer – Bradley Wright-Phillips

New York Red Bulls ROSTERED PLAYERS (27 of 30 spots filled as of Feb. 18, 2018):

GK (3): Ryan Meara, Luis Robles DEF (9): Aurelien Collin (INT’L), Fidel Escobar (INT’L), Connor Lade (HG), Kemar Lawrence (INT’L), Aaron Long, Michael Amir Murillo (INT’L), Hassan Ndam (INT’L), Kevin Politz (HG), Tommy Redding (HG) MID (12): Tyler Adams (HG), Vincent Bezecourt (INT’l), Cristian Casseres Jr. (INT’L), Sean Davis (HG), Derrick Etienne Jr. (HG), Felipe, Ben Mines (HG), Alex Muyl (HG), Carlos Rivas, Alexandro Romero Gamarra (DP, INT’L), Daniel Royer (INT’L), Marc Rzatkowski (INT’L) FWD (3): Stefano Bonomo, Amando Moreno, Bradley Wright-Phillips (DP)

ACQUISITIONS (10): Stefano Bonomo, Cristian Casseres Jr., Ben Mines, Amando Moreno, Kevin Politz, Tommy Redding, Carlos Rivas, Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Marc Rzatkowski, Florian Valot DEPARTURES (11): Brandon Allen, Arun Basuljevic, Gideon Baah, Mike Grella, Dilly Duka, Sacha Kljestan, Zeiko Lewis, Dan Metzger, Damien Perrinelle, Gonzalo Veron, Sal Zizzo

Seattle Sounders

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The back-to-back MLS Cup finalists and perennial CCL hopefuls haven’t had to make wholesale changes to an already-decent squad, though some of their supporting cast will look different in 2018. One source of preseason intrigue, however: Coach Brian Schmetzer has experimented with a 4-4-2 diamond formation, seeking to maximize the usefulness of his packed midfield corps. That said, with a trip to El Salvador on the docket for this week, I’d be surprised if the Rave Green overcomplicate things right out of the gates, so I’m predicting the incumbent shape and personnel for the Santa Tecla clash. And has newcomer Magnus Wolff Eikrem earned a spot in the lineup?

Projected Starting XI (4-2-3-1, left to right): Stefan Frei – Nouhou Tolo, Chad Marshall, Roman Torres, Jordy Delem – Gustav Svensson, Cristian Roldan – Jordan Morris, Clint Dempsey, Nicolas Lodeiro – Will Bruin

Seattle Sounders ROSTERED PLAYERS (25 of 30 spots filled as of Feb. 18, 2018):

GK (2): Stefan Frei, Bryan Meredith DEF (7): Tony Alfaro, Waylon Francis, Kelvin Leerdam (INT’L), Chad Marshall, Jordan McCrary, Nouhou Tolo (INT’L), Roman Torres (INT’L) MID (12): Osvaldo Alonso (DP), Handwalla Bwana (HG), Jordy Delem (INT’L), Magnus Wolff Eikrem (INT’L), Nicolas Lodeiro (DP, INT’L), Zach Mathers, Victor Rodriguez (INT’L), Alex Roldan, Cristian Roldan, Harry Shipp, Gustav Svensson (INT’L), Henry Wingo (HG) FWD (4): Seyi Adekoya (HG), Will Bruin, Clint Dempsey (DP), Jordan Morris (HG)

ACQUISITIONS (5): Handwalla Bwana, Magnus Wolff Eikrem (INT’L), Waylon Francis, Jordan McCrary, Alex Roldan DEPARTURES (7): Brad Evans, Oniel Fisher, Joevin Jones, Aaron Kovar, Calum Mallace, Lamar Neagle, Tyler Miller

Toronto FC

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The defending MLS Cup, Supporters’ Shield and Canadian Championship holders have every right to be considered as MLS’ top CCL challenger. The Reds made only modest tweaks to their loaded roster over the winter, most prominently with the signing of former Dutch international Gregory van der Wiel. Both he and fellow defender Chris Mavingadid not travel to Colorado for the first leg of their showdown with the Rapids in Tuesday, though, so I’ve got Nick Hagglund and Nicolas Hasler in their expected spots instead. Thanks to the typically frigid February conditions in Toronto and Colorado, there’s extra uncertainty built into this series, which may be as much about survival as excellence. TFC’s 3-5-2 could well shift into a 4-4-2 diamond, as it often has under coach Greg Vanney.

Projected Starting XI (3-5-2, left to right): Alex Bono – Nick Hagglund, Drew Moor, Eriq Zavaleta – Justin Morrow, Marky Delgado, Michael Bradley, Victor Vazquez, Nicolas Hasler – Sebastian Giovinco, Jozy Altidore

Toronto FC ROSTERED PLAYERS (23 of 30 spots filled as of Feb. 18, 2018):

GK (3): Alex Bono (GA), Clint Irwin, Caleb Patterson-Sewell DEF (9): Auro (INT’L), Nick Hagglund, Nicolas Hasler (INT’L), Chris Mavinga (INT’L), Ashtone Morgan (HG), Drew Moor, Justin Morrow, Gregory van der Wiel, Eriq Zavaleta MID (6): Michael Bradley (DP), Jay Chapman (HG), Marky Delgado, Liam Fraser (HG), Jonathan Osorio (HG), Victor Vazquez (INT’L) FWD (5): Jozy Altidore (DP), Sebastian Giovinco (DP, INT’L), Jordan Hamilton (HG), Tosaint Ricketts, Ben Spencer (HG)

ACQUISITIONS (5): Auro (INT’L), Ayo Akinola (HG), Liam Fraser (HG), Caleb Patterson-Sewell, Gregory van der Wiel DEPARTURES (10): Brandon Aubrey, Oyvind Alseth, Steven Beitashour, Sergio Camargo, Armando Cooper, Benoit Cheyrou, Raheem Edwards, Tsubasa Endoh, Jason Hernandez, Mark Pais

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Final stretch in Alabama – POLITICO

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TWO MOORE DAYS — “How Trump came around to an accused child molester,” by POLITICO’s Eliana Johnson and Alex Isenstadt: “Mitch McConnell had publicly disavowed Roy Moore when the Senate majority leader received one of several phone calls from President Donald Trump. McConnell wanted Trump’s help to push Moore out of the Alabama Senate race after he’d been accused of harassing or molesting teenage girls. Instead, the president’s response left the straight-laced McConnell aghast. Trump, according to three sources briefed on the discussions, cast doubt on the claims leveled by Moore’s accusers. … Trump’s sentiment — he has also complained privately that the avalanche of charges taking down prominent men is spinning out of control — helps explain the president’s evolving attitude toward Moore over the past three weeks, when he has gone from uncharacteristic silence to a full-throated endorsement of the controversial candidate. The shift has benefited both men, helping the scandal-tarred Moore bounce back from what looked like a probable defeat to become a slight favorite in Tuesday’s special election — and offering the president a chance to claim credit if Moore ekes out a win.” Full story.

HUH — “Did Roy Moore spend the final weekend of the campaign in Philly?” by POLITICO’s Isenstadt and Gabriel Debenedetti: “In the last weekend of Alabama’s wild special Senate election, Doug Jones barnstormed the state with A-list Democrats in a bid to turn out black voters he desperately needs to win in the deep-red state. Republican Roy Moore disappeared. … Two Republicans briefed on Moore’s schedule before this weekend said he intended to spend Saturday in Philadelphia at the Army-Navy football game — a long-planned trip that the West Point grad had insisted he would still take this year despite the election.” Full story.

ICYMI — “Republicans for Jones wage lonely fight against Moore,” by POLITICO’s Daniel Strauss and Luis Sanchez: “A small group of Alabama Republicans have joined forces with Democrat Doug Jones’ campaign ahead of Tuesday’s special Senate election. But they are having trouble swaying many friends and family members to cross the aisle, too. …The Republicans for Jones include Gina Dearborn, an Alabama lobbyist and former Shelby staffer who has backed Jones on social media and is married to White House deputy chief of staff Rick Dearborn. … Jones needs votes from at least 1 in 10 Republicans if he is to win, according to Alabama-based Democratic pollster Zac McCrary.” Full story.

— “Shelby: My state of Alabama ‘deserves better’ than Moore,” by POLITICO’s Louis Nelson. Full story.

— “Trump to cut robocall for Moore,” by POLITICO’s Alex Isenstadt: “Donald Trump has agreed to record a robocall for Alabama Republican Roy Moore ahead of next week’s special election, the president’s most direct involvement in Alabama on behalf of the embattled candidate to date.” Full story.

MINNESOTA SCRAMBLE — “Minnesota governor’s top choice mulling ’18 run,” via The Associated Press: “Gov. Mark Dayton’s top pick to fill Sen. Al Franken’s Senate seat, Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, is considering also running for the seat next year, as Dayton faces pressure from top Democrats in Washington to appoint more than a mere caretaker, according to two Democrats familiar with the discussions.” Full story.

— “Senate vacancy creates opportunity, complications galore,” via Capitol View’s Brian Bakst. Full story.

— Pawlenty says he’s considering run for Franken seat, via the Associated Press: “Franken’s resignation has forced him and others to think about how to improve the state and nation, he said. He spoke after addressing a local Chamber of Commerce event.” Full story.

… IN TEXAS — “Growing list of Republicans aiming to oust Farenthold in 2018,” by the Houston Chronicle’s Jeremy Wallace: “The latest candidate to jump in the race is Bech Bruun, the former chairman of the Texas Water Development Board who is from Corpus Christ but lives in Austin. Bruun officially [qualified] for the 27th Congressional District primary on Friday morning. Earlier this week Republicans Jerry Hall, Eddie Gassman and Christopher K. Mapp all qualified for the primary as well. And a week earlier, former Victoria County Republican Party chairman Michael Cloud qualified for the March 6 primary.” Full story.

— ICYMI from NRCC Chairman Steve Stivers: “’I think the filing deadline hasn’t happened in Texas and Blake Farenthold has some thinking to do about whether he wants to run for reelection or not,’ Stivers told Business Insider, adding that the GOP needs to ‘push folks where there’s serious allegations or proven allegations aside.’ ‘We have zero tolerance for that kind of behavior and we’ve made that clear,’ Stivers said.” Full story.

Days until the 2018 election: 330.

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BETWEEN THE LINES — Supreme Court adds another redistricting case for this term: Maryland’s Benisek v. Lamone, which challenges Maryland’s Democrat-drawn 7-1 congressional map as unconstitutional because it infringes on Republican voters’ First Amendment rights to political speech and association. See the SCOTUS order here.

— “Inside the gerrymandering data top Pa. Republicans fought to keep private,” by the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jonathan Lai: “Lawyers for House Speaker Mike Turzai and Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati had fought to keep private a trove of documents as they prepared for the trial, which began Monday in Philadelphia. They also sought to block the documents in a separate, state gerrymandering trial that begins next week in Harrisburg. Among them are maps that contain detailed data on partisanship across the state, which experts said appear to confirm widespread suspicion that Republicans had intentionally drawn the map to favor their party. One map’s database contains details for each of the more than 9,000 voting districts in the state, including the races and ethnicities of voters and results from state and national elections from 2004 through 2010. Also included are metrics that appear to rate each voting district’s level of partisanship.” Full story.

2020 WATCH — “DNC ‘unity’ panel recommends huge cut in superdelegates,” by POLITICO’s Kevin Robillard: “A commission set up to help reform the Democratic presidential nominating process has voted to restrict the number of superdelegates as part of a slew of changes. The Democratic Party’s Unity Reform Commission is recommending cutting the number of superdelegates by about 400, equal to a 60 percent reduction. Many of the remaining superdelegates would see their vote tied to the results in their state. The commission is also suggesting that absentee voting be required as an option for presidential caucus participants. It is calling for automatic voter registration and same-day voter registration. And it wants to mandate public reporting of raw vote totals from caucus states.” Full story.

HOUSE INTERNAL — “Democrat commissions poll pointing to tough reelection for Ryan,” by POLITICO’s Edward-Isaac Dovere: “Paul Ryan might be facing a tough reelection race back home next year — provided anyone finds out who his biggest Democratic challenger is. A new internal poll from Randy Bryce, the ironworker who blasted onto the national political scene in June with a viral video, claims he trails by just 6 points in Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district, 46 to 40. But the same poll from the Democratic firm Global Strategy Group shows that 79 percent of likely voters surveyed in late November don’t even know enough about Bryce to say they view him favorably or unfavorably.” Full story.

— “Most approve of job Reynolds is doing, but nearly half want another governor,” via The Des Moines Register: “Just more than half of Iowans approve of the job Gov. Kim Reynolds is doing, but nearly as many are ready for someone new to hold the governor’s office, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. … Yet just 35 percent say they would vote for Reynolds if the election were held today, and 49 percent say it’s time for someone new. Sixteen percent aren’t sure.” Full story.

POST-MORTEM — “After bruising losses, Virginia Republicans gather to find path out of wilderness ahead of 2018,” by The Washington Post’s Jenna Portnoy and Laura Vozzella: “Virginia Republicans tried to make the best of a grim electoral landscape this weekend at their annual retreat, which marked Ed Gillespie’s first public appearance since his loss in the governor’s race seemed to drive the party further into the political wilderness. Gillespie’s contest became a symbol of a party struggling to bridge the gap between President Trump’s populism and the need to appeal to minorities and independent voters in a purple state. The same forces will be in play in the coming year, when the GOP will try to unseat Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and has to defend seven congressional seats in the state.” Full story.

GETTING THE NOD — DFA endorses four California House challengers: Democracy for America announced it’s endorsing four Democratic House challengers in California: Bryan Caforio (CA-25), Laura Oatman (CA-48), Sam Jammal (CA-39), and Mike Levin (CA-49).

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I don’t think — President Trump has a fear of the Lord, the fear of the wrath of God, which leads one to more humility,” — California Gov. Jerry Brown on Trump, POLITICO reported.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― Days before Alabama’s special Senate election, Democrat Doug Jones is within striking distance of winning a seat his party hasn’t won in 25 years. But he desperately needs black voters to turn out for him, and he may not have done enough to inspire them. “Certainly, the clearest path for Jones is to get the African-American share,” said Zac McCrary, a Democratic pollster at…

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The Last Thing Alabama Dems Want Is Outside Help

WASHINGTON — Alabama Democrats have a message for out-of-state allies eager to help in the state’s Senate race: Thanks, but no thanks.

“I tell them to stay home,” said Giles Perkins, the former executive director of the Alabama Democratic Party. “This is an Alabama race, and we will decide it here.”

Allegations of sexual impropriety against Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore may have created an opening for Democrats. But the scandal has also blown up Democrat Doug Jones’ strategy of keeping the race under the radar in the overwhelmingly Republican state — and out of the national partisan fray.

“I’ve been nervous about this hoopla involving Roy Moore because of the danger of sucking out the issues — kitchen table issues — that Doug needs to focus on,” said Bob Vance, a Democrat who came within striking distance of beating Moore in the 2012 race for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.

Jones has been trying to avoid polarizing the race along party lines, since that would spell doom in one of the reddest states in the country, and that means keeping national progressive groups and personalities on the sidelines.

“The ideal case for Democrats is if this is purely a referendum on Roy Moore — that is a very winnable race,” said Alabama Democratic pollster Zac McCrary. “What you do not want is anything that pushes voters to go to their partisan corners.”

That puts Alabama Democrats in the awkward position of trying to do two contradictory things at the same time — both harness and tamp down the groundswell of activism that has sprung up since President Donald Trump’s election.

Anthony Daniels, the House minority leader in the Alabama state legislature, said the only thing he’s asking out-of-state volunteers to do is urge Democrats they know in Alabama who might otherwise sit out the race to vote next month.

Candidate Doug Jones chats with constituents before a Democratic Senate candidate forum at the Princess Theatre in Decatur, Ala. on Aug. 3, 2017. Jeronimo Nisa / The Decatur Daily via AP file

“I don’t think it requires any boots on the ground from the outside,” Daniels said. “Alabama is a state where they’re not too fond of outsiders coming in and telling them what to do and how to do it.”

Since the allegations against Moore were first reported in The Washington Post last week, some Republicans voters have rallied to the candidate’s defense, with GOP strategist David Ferguson saying the effect of the report could be like “hitting the beehive with a baseball bat.”

Moore has denied any sexual misconduct and said he plans to sue The Washington Post.

Jones has maintained a low profile on the controversy, issuing a one-sentence statement last week that avoided any mention of the election, giving clipped answers to questions on the matter, and putting out a brief statement Monday after another accuser came forward.

“We applaud the courage of these women,” Jones said. “Roy Moore will be held accountable by the people of Alabama for his actions.”

Turnout will be key in the Dec. 12 election, whose unusual date two weeks before Christmas may keep many voters away. Democrats are hoping their energized base, combined with a GOP base that was dispirited and divided even before the allegations, will lead to victory.

But that only works if Republicans let it happen by either staying home or breaking ranks to vote for Jones.

Their cautionary tale is the June special congressional election in a conservative-leaning Georgia district, which snowballed into the most expensive House race in history as Republicans energized their base with millions of dollars in TV ads portraying Democrat Jon Ossoff as a pawn of out-of-state liberals.

“As money pours into a race, it makes the race bigger than the two candidates on the ballot — it becomes a proxy war for the national parties,” said Jon Vogel, a Democratic strategist who worked on both Ossoff’s race and that of Ralph Northam, who last week won the Virginia governor’s mansion.

The Alabama contest hasn’t gained that kind of altitude yet. And Jones, a former U.S. attorney who prosecuted two Ku Klux Klan members for the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, would be somewhat insulated by his deeper roots in Alabama.

David Mowery, an Alabama Democratic strategist, said Jones “needs to send a message of ‘radical moderacy’ — ‘I’m a normal dude who used to be a U.S. attorney and lawyer, but I’m not a radical.'”

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at the Vestavia Hills Public library, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Birmingham, Alabama. Branden Camp / for NBC News

If nothing else, the Moore dust-up will keep Republican money out of Alabama and encourage Democrats to open their own wallets, which should make it harder for the GOP to run the same playbook against Jones that they used on Ossoff.

And that is the clearest place outside Democrats can help.

Some of the party’s biggest stars have sent fundraising emails on Jones’ behalf — including Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kamala Harris of California and Chris Murphy of Connecticut — which are expected to rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to people familiar with the race.

Jones had been expected to attend a fundraising event in Washington this week organized by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, but he decided to stay in Alabama, his campaign said Monday night.

Jones already has a cash advantage over Moore, according to the most recent disclosure reports, and has had the TV airwaves all to himself for the past four weeks, where he’s been running positive spots about working with Republicans and trying to fix Washington.

But so far, Jones has only campaigned with a small number of national Democrats with appeal to relevant groups in Alabama, including former Vice President Joe Biden (white working-class voters) and the civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis of Georgia (African-Americans).

The rest of the party, meanwhile, has been kept outside the state’s borders.

Alex Seitz-Wald and Mark Murray reported from Washington, D.C., and Vaughn Hillyard from Alabama.

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Republican establishment bails on Alabama candidate after sex allegations

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Republican establishment bails on Alabama candidate after sex allegations

(Reuters) – The Republican Senate campaign wing on Friday cut fundraising ties with Roy Moore, the party’s U.S. Senate nominee in Alabama, the latest sign that the Republican establishment was abandoning his campaign a day after sexual misconduct allegations upended a seemingly one-sided race.

FILE PHOTO: Alabama Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Roy Moore speaks with reporters as he visits the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Meanwhile, Democrats and progressive groups, emboldened by Democratic election victories in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday, sought to capitalize on the accusations in support of the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones.

Moore, a controversial former judge and a staunch Christian conservative, was accused by a woman of initiating a sexual encounter in 1979 when she was 14 years old and he was a 32-year-old prosecutor, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

Three other women said he pursued them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18, though none accused him of sexual contact.

The 70-year-old Moore again denied any wrongdoing on Friday during an appearance on conservative commentator Sean Hannity’s national radio show.

“These allegations are completely false and misleading,” Moore said of claims that he engaged in sexual misconduct.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which helps elect Republicans to the Senate, filed paperwork with federal election officials on Friday severing its fundraising relationship with Moore for the special election on Dec. 12.

Numerous Republican leaders either called on Moore to drop out immediately or said he should do so if the allegations prove true.

“Moore is unfit for office and should step aside,” former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said on Twitter.

But several Alabama Republican officials did not waver in their support of Moore.

The contrasting reactions echoed the rift exposed when Moore bested the incumbent, Luther Strange, in the Republican primary.

Strange was backed by Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies, while Moore’s candidacy earned the support of self-styled outsiders such as Steve Bannon, the former strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump.

Following the publication of the Washington Post story, several Democratic senators, including liberal Elizabeth Warren, sent email blasts to their donor lists, soliciting donations to Jones’ campaign.

The Democratic Party has been coordinating with the Jones campaign behind the scenes, offering logistical aid while wary of providing overt support such as television advertising in the deeply Republican state.

“The best thing that Democrats can do in the Alabama Senate race is make sure the Doug Jones campaign can run the strongest, most aggressive race that the campaign can,” said a Democratic operative, who requested anonymity.

Progressive groups MoveOn, Democracy for America and Indivisible expect the revelations to boost their grassroots efforts to engage voters in Alabama.

“We were planning to go bigger already,” Matt Blizek, who oversees election mobilization for MoveOn, said. “With the news and the fact that this is a close race, that’s only going to increase.”

A win for Jones could transform the political picture in Washington, where Senate Republicans hold a narrow 52-48 edge.

The race had been seen as a long shot for Democrats in Alabama, which has not elected a Democratic senator in a quarter century.

But a confluence of events even before Thursday had given some Democrats hope of an upset victory, despite Jones’ double-digit deficit in some opinion polls.

Moore was twice forced out of his position as the state’s chief justice, once for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse and once for defying the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. Democrats have highlighted his penchant for incendiary statements about Muslims and homosexuality.

Zac McCrary, a veteran Democratic pollster based in Birmingham, Alabama, said he now sees Jones as the favorite.

“Roy Moore had much less margin for error than a Republican does traditionally in Alabama,” McCrary said. “Maybe for the first time in this campaign season, I would bet against Roy Moore representing Alabama in the U.S. Senate.”

But Jonathan Gray, a Republican consultant in Alabama, said voters were already questioning the veracity of the Washington Post story, given its timing. The only development that could sink Moore’s candidacy is a write-in campaign from a Republican backed by the party, he said.

Absent that, he said, all the analysis in the world will not change a simple fact: “Roy Moore wins December 12.”

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