Vanity: Palin backed Sarah Steelman

20 August 2012

[Lorianne]

Don't blame Palin, she backed Sarah Steelman. Akin, what a loser.

[Pollster1]

Whoopi Goldberg survived an equally stupid comment, but I’m glad Akin is (apparently) withdrawing from the race. We don’t need to keep people capable of such stupidity.

[Westbrook]

The party could pull Akin and replace him with Steelman, who I believe would win handily.

But they won’t.

[Sarah Barracuda]

The difference is that Whoopi isn’t running for political office, so she has nothing to lose. Besides who watches The View anyway, a bunch of liberals so she was pandering to that base

[Vigilanteman]

How far behind Aikin did Sarah Steelman finish?

[Charles Henrickson]

Steelman finished third in the primary, behind Todd Akin and John Brunner.

[RC one]

John Brunner was slightly ahead of Steelman.
Republican Todd Akin 217,404 36.05%
Republican John Brunner 180,788 29.98%
Republican Sarah Steelman 176,127 29.20%

[NonValueAdded]

If he is to be replaced, at least there's the Lautenberg rule.

Sure there is a double standard but is it a surprise? This was truly a macaca moment. If only he said "stranger rape" instead.

[Vigilanteman]

Thanks and statistically insignificant margin between Brunner and Steelman. Assuming Aikin does the right thing, then who makes the final decision? GOP state committee?

I would think Steelman would be the safer choice just to get this off the radar screen. But that might be perceived as unfair to Brunner.

[Vigilanteman]

Thanks and statistically insignificant margin between Brunner and Steelman. Assuming Akin does the right thing, then who makes the final decision? GOP state committee?

I would think Steelman would be the safer choice just to get this off the radar screen. But that might be perceived as unfair to Brunner.

[xuberalles]

Kudos to leading Republicans who unconditionally condemned Akin’s comments about rape and abortion. I’m a staunch pro-lifer, but rape is an entirely different story; especially to minimize such brutality by touting pregnancy rates of horrific cases. We are not Democrats and must always hold ourselves accountable: mistakes or not. Hopefully this paves the way for party leaders to replace him with the more conservative Sarah Steelman. I think having a woman replace him could help alleviate some of the concerns of female voters.

[9YearLurker]

Whoopi is a liberal entertainer—notice any differences there from Akin?

[humblegunner]

Don't blame Palin, she backed Sarah Steelman.

So did a lot folks who can actually vote there.

Are their contributions so much less than hers?

[9YearLurker]

Yeah, because she split the conservative vote with Akin.

[Mr. Impatient]

If/when Aikn drops out, he should be replaced by Brunner. Brunner has a slightly better record than Steelman

I don't care if Palin endorsed her, Steelman can wait.

[ari-freedom]

Non sequitur of the day...

[Lorianne]

I didn’t say that.

I’m just saying that this could be considered another ‘win’ pick for Palin. There must be a reason why she didn’t endorse Akin. Maybe she saw something other people didn’t.
It substantiates her pick.

[Lorianne]

Fine by me. Anybody but Akin.

[SueRae]

Thank you Lorianne!!! I was in transit and could not post this. Sarah backed the right candidate. I hope this idiot Akin pulls out and Steelman gets the nod.