Wall Street Journal: Bannon 'obvious loser' in Roy Moore controversy

BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 11/15/17 11:55 AM EST

The Wall Street Journal in a new editorial calls former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon an "obvious loser" in the controversy surrounding Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

In the piece published late Tuesday, the Journal's editorial board wrote that Moore's credibility in the face of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct has "fallen below the level of survivability."

It said it would be "sensible" for Moore to step aside in the Alabama Senate race. The editorial board added that if Moore declines to leave the race, it would be better if he loses because "Democrats and the media will make Mr. Moore the running mate of every Republican in 2018."

"There is one other obvious loser in this debacle: Former White House aide Steve Bannon," the editors wrote. "Some have argued that the Bannon insurgency against the Republican 'establishment' is in the mode of earlier party challenges led by Ronald Reagan or Newt Gingrich. This one isn’t close," they continued.

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