Posted on 08/22/2012 10:44:10 AM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
Another Missouri Republican consultant suggests that Representative Jo Ann Emerson, the Republican who has represented Missouri’s eighth district since 1996, could be a top contender to replace Todd Akin if he quits. Her name has been making the rounds among party insiders, thanks in part to the fact that she’s currently the longest-serving House member in Missouri. Missouri GOP executive director Lloyd Smith used to be her chief-of-staff.
UPDATE: A colleague points out that Emerson is a member of the moderate-leaning Republican Main Street partnership, and generally less rightward than the three — Akin, Sarah Steelman, and John Brunner — who ran in the primary. Emerson’s American Conservative Union ranking for 2011 was 56, and for 2010 88; Akin’s ratings, in contrast, were 91.67 and 100 in those years respectively.
Sarah Steelman is the best choice... she is good enough for Sarah Palin and she will diffuse the situation quickly. The fact is Missouri wants to turn solidly red and we need to toss Mr Akin over to get it done. He is toxic, and with that rape comment he’ll finish below 20% with women. Sorry it’s over.
“He is toxic, and with that rape comment he’ll finish below 20% with women. Sorry it’s over.”
Exactly, you get it, some on here think he just used the wrong words.
He couldn’t have caused more damage had he call women whores.
Replacing Akin at this point will simply give the election once again to McKaskill. The Republicans crying for Akin’s scalp know that. Republicans see victory in Novembner and are intimidated by the possibility. They become very upset when the Natural Ruling Party(the Left-the Democrats) is out of power and the Republicans actually have to rule, that is why a Republican congress so often acts as if the Democrats are still in charge.
Hi - I don’t post much, but I lurk a lot. Here is Congressman Akin’s telephone number (636) 207-7986. It was accepting messages when I called a few minutes ago. I asked him to please step down because this is the 9th inning, the 4th quarter, the last set in tennis, and we cannot afford any unforced errors. I also appealed to him as a Christian brother. I do feel badly for him, but it was an unforced error and we simply must have that Senate seat. Thanks.
She is Karl RINO Rove’s favorite. The GOP establishment HATES conservatives. That’s why the liberal Willard the homo-loving, pro-abort creep is on the top of the ticket.
JoAnn who? Does she sell fabric?
Isn’t it about time for conservatives to stop paying attention to Hannity, Rush and most of the other talk radio shows?
These guys are working for the elitists who think they can pick our candidates for us.
What more could be said. Your analysis is right on target.
I am sure the GOP is not that fearful of the damn dems, its the Indies that has them holding their breath and the Indies aren’t even paying attention for the most part until October.
” - - - Romney went throught the primaries and won enough delegates to get the nomination.”
Ahhhhhhhhh, but which candidate was the most heavily endorsed by the GOP Elites?
Who are the loyal RINOs most likely to vote for in the Primary?
Ergo, the Elites “gave” us Romney.
Now we are stuck with a GOP-E selected Candidate that has a serious lack of fire in his belly.
So nice that the GOP-E chose him for us.
Can Romney in 2012 do better than McCain did in 2008? It is going to be a nail biter - - - , again.
Nicely said
Well the GOP nattering nabobs and the usual freeper scorched earth sure cant shut up about it
Why was Akin taking money from Karl Rove’s PAC. I’m not saying all atheists are bad, but Karl Rove is virulently anti-Christian and thinks all Christians are stupid.
Akin has until September 25 to withdraw, provided he gets a court order, and then a replacement would be named by the state GOP committee. If I were on that committee, I would suggest Ann Wagner or, secondarily, Kit Bond. Jo Ann Emerson would be--well, she'd be a lot better than McCaskill. But Wagner or Bond would be a better choice for the replacement candidate, both in terms of electability and conservative voting.
I live in Akin's district, where Ann Wagner is running for that seat, and I work in Jo Ann Emerson's district.
If Akin stays in, I'll vote for him, but barring a strong turnaround by him--and I don't think he has it in him--right now I see his ceiling in the 40-46% range, and it could go lower. Akin has a solid conservative record, and I've voted for him for the House, but this is a safe district, and he's not had to do much to win. I voted for Akin in the Senate primary--I didn't care for either Brunner or Steelman that much--on the basis of how he pushes the button on votes, not on how he speaks on the hot seat. I found out the latter too late. He's not too good at this politics thing on the big stage.
When you look at the ads, how can anyone think that she was trying to help Akin? She created a cariacature of right wing nut who despises democracy and wanrs to get rid of SS. Unfortunately, you and the NYT think that McCaskill was engaged in some sort of brilliant Machiavellian strategy when all she was doing was trying to destroy Akin by branding him as an extremist. And she went after Brunner and Steelman in similar fashion. Her intent was to destroy all of them.
We can keep going around the same tree again and again. Your animus towards the guy is obvious. We will see in a few weeks about who is right about Akin staying in the race.
If they want a woman I’ve floated Catherine Hanaway, former State House Speaker and US attorney.
Emerson should have been primaried out of her safe House seat. She would be another John Danforth.
Good post. Generally how one “pushes the buttons” is my #1 consideration. This, however, is a campaign in which this race affects the whole senate and just possibly the presidency. I din’t know the people you refer to in MO, but anyone short of an Olympia Snow will “push the button” to repeal Obamacare. McCaskill won’t.
I really like Coulter’s “Write in Kit Bond” approach.
You really live in fantasyland don’t you?
Akin is the conservative candidate. Are you a surrender monkey or a fighter? Are you going to throw everyone that is smeared by the left under the bus? What a bunch of spineless wimps Freepers have become. First Free Republic caves into the Romney bots before the convention was even over, now the mass surrender to the Alinsky machine o er a verbal gaffe by a good longstanding solid Consevative Military Veteran.
Akin is the conservative candidate. I have his back here. The Friendly Fire from fearful Freepers is pretty heavy. But there are always surrender monkeys in every conflict.
JMHO
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