[Senator Clay Davis]

So what does the GOP prefer happen tonight? A Gianforte loss is absolutely humiliating and the clearest indicator yet the GOP is steamrolling to electoral ruin in 2018...but a Gianforte win means they have to deal with the newest member of the caucus facing assault charges against a reporter, with seemingly all the evidence suggesting it is totally indefensible and indicative of a rage-a-holic likely to crumble under the pressure of DC. While I would imagine they'd still prefer to avoid the humiliation of losing, it's about as close to a lose-lose situation as there is.