(12-13-2017 07:41 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(12-12-2017 11:29 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Doug Jones has a tremendous opportunity to accomplish something worthwhile by being the kind of moderate centrist he promised to be during the campaign. If he does, he will represent the people of Alabama well. But I'm quite certain that Chucky Schumer will be doing everything he can to prevent that. Who will win? Time will tell.

I’m confused - Jones pledged to be a centrist? Weren’t we just earlier saying he was anti-choice everything and he was a foregone puppet of Schumer?

If he was openly pledging to be a centrist, I don’t understand how anyone on here could have really felt they couldn’t have voted for him because of his views, b/c a centrist Dem will align with a centrist Rep on a lot of issues.

Here's his campaign site:
https://dougjonesforsenate.com/priorities/

Really, unless and until the Dems retake the Senate, it will be hard to judge how he's going to vote. Right now legislation hinges more on whether Mitch can get the small number of moderate/maverick Rs on board. He's not even attempting to pick off Dems.