US-SEN: Will Roy Moore winning hurt the GOP in 2018?

[Mr. Smith]

Did Martha Coakley really equal Russ Feingold losing? Or was it just a symptom of a wave that was building anyway regardless of her victory [unless it was a traditional D margin] or lack thereof?

[Mr. Smith]

Coakley was just lame and really sucked. There was nothing controversial about her.

I don't think Moore winning would hurt the GOP in 2018 because people will have already moved on to other things. Small attention span in this country. I don't think he'll win anyway so it doesn't really matter.

This is exactly my point.

Controversies just aren't an object anymore because of this, unless you get a very targeted, endless character assassination campaign  [as seen last year with the "buh her emails"] OR a candidate really manages to shoot his/herself in the foot that many times [Trump, and possibly Moore now], tribalism overrides it all.