Posted on 08/23/2012 12:59:59 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Akin was not even the clear choice of conservatives. In the primary, John Brunner was endorsed by both Missouri Right to Life and the National Right to Life. Sarah Steelman was endorsed by Sarah Palin. Akin was endorsed by the Democratic Party.
The Democrats carefully nurtured Akin with millions of dollars in campaign money because he was the candidate they most wanted to run against. (Akin thinks all those Democrats voting for him in the primary merely shows that he's got tremendous crossover appeal!)
There's no rehabilitating this guy. It's a waste of money. His comments are going to cost Republicans an easy Senate seat in a moment of crisis for the nation. This one man's stubborn refusal to bow out could cost us control of the U.S. Senate, House seats in Missouri, Senate seats elsewhere and maybe even the White House itself.
Other than that, there's not all that much riding on this.
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But this selfish man has decided to play a game of chicken with the Republican Party. He thinks that by stubbornly refusing to step aside, Republicans will be forced to give him money simply because they need that Senate seat.
Republicans should call his bluff. This is no time to be counting on people to check the FEC reports to see that the GOP has cut off his money.
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You hit on a key point.
Social conservatives, economic conservatives and national defense conservatives have overlapping agendas but don't always agree, and sometimes when we do agree, we don't agree on the order of priorities.
Look, I think Akin's comment was stupid. I've said it repeatedly, and I think he made Christian conservatives look really bad, and he has done serious damage to literally decades of solid conservative votes in the Missouri legislature and in the House of Representatives. I won't defend the comment, Akin won't get out, and now we have to decide what to do next.
I think it has become obvious in this race that Akin is willing to try to get major grassroots backing from social conservatives and try to win a Senate race without national Republican Party support. That is his decision and only he can make that decision and if the current polling data remains consistent he has at least a chance. This is Missouri, after all, where lots of conservative rural people still call themselves Democrats and will vote for a conservative Christian but will revert to voting Democrat if the candidates look similar on other issues. Akin might pull a victory off, just like secular Tea Party people have pulled off upset victories in other states.
I understand why the national GOP considers Akin radioactive. Fine. So let the national GOP put their money into races they think are winnable; they're going to do it anyway. Lots of social conservative Republicans didn't like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Rudy Giuliani very much, but we understood that they could win in California and New York even if they couldn't win in our states, and we let their supporters back their candidates without raising too much of a stink about their less-than-ideal views on other issues since we knew any Democrat would be much worse.
But don't have the head of the Republican National Committee run around saying "not one dime" goes to the Republican primary winner even if he's tied with the incumbent Democrat. That kind of talk really antagonizes Christian conservatives, does long-term damage, and is totally unnecessary.
The national GOP has now given lots of cover to moderate Republicans who see Akin as being a danger to their races in other states. Fine. You've made your point, so stay quiet now and let social conservatives try to win this thing in Missouri if Akin decides to stay in the race.
I can’t disagree with that.
Wenzel poll in Missouri shows a statistical dead heat. Among likely voters, Akin leads....(I think it was by 3, something like 48-45)
Wenzel is a polling firm out of Columbus, Ohio with a good track record. They were right on the money with the Cruz victory.
Akin’s 6 second flub is so yesterday’s news.
The replacement would not be some UNKNOWN you tremendous ninny!!!! Boy are you a dim bulb.
What if Akin made a deal with the Central Committee in which he could name a replacement? Yes, I know it is highly unlikely. Just asking a question to which I’d appreciate an answer.
In my opinion, Akin cares more about his own ego than the entire country. He opened his own big mouth and started this mess. I find that reprehensible and loathsome. He’s as much the problem as Hussein Obama.
We have men and women in our military dying for this country and Akin, the diarrhea-mouthed boob, thinks more of himself than his country. How disgusting!
That’s a swell idea Doug. I don’t know how unlikely it is, it sounds sensible to me, people seem to hate sensible ideas nowadays so I guess it won’t happen.
I don’t know about Akin “naming” the replacement exactly but giving him veto power or consulting with him and coming to a mutually agreeable choice, I could see that happening.
There is no indication the guy is gonna quit though, if so I hope that new poll is accurate and not nonsense.
Thanks for the response. If it really is not about himself, Akin would make this offer to the Central Committee. Another equally committed pro-life conservative -—— who will beat McCasKILL.
It's damage control. One candidate vs. many. Even one penny of OPEN support puts other candidates at risk.
Hopefully social conservatives will realize the very real political problem this flap created for the party nationwide, and not become mired in long term resentment as a result, because the legitimate resentment cuts both ways.
For instance, when Huckabee compares the NRSC to "union goons" who "kneecap" their enemies, he is also turning off voters (including social conservatives) who view this critical election from a logistical standpoint and whose primary focus is on attaining a majority in congress with viable candidates in order to reverse the damage democrats have wrought.
Furthermore, moderate republicans will also be less inclined to sympathize with the social conservative point of view, if they see high profile social conservatives apparently willing to jeopardize election outcomes when the stakes for losing are so high.
It would be shortsighted and foolish to allow this political family fight to cause permanent damage in the party, but the democrats (and Alinsky) would certainly be pleased.
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Maybe the worried should ask Akin how he turned the numbers around so fast, and then do the same thing themselves, if they’re that worried.
I think the basic message is “the guy flubbed some words, he apologized for it, and it is nothing compared to the fact that you, your kids, or your friends can’t find jobs.”
The replacement would not be some UNKNOWN you tremendous ninny!!!! Boy are you a dim bulb.
I generally find those who call others stupid, are in fact pretty stupid themselves, so doubting your mental capacity to understand real life, I'm going to try this ONE more time.
When the voters went into the voting booth to vote for one of the three candidates, they had several weeks of radio, TV and newspaper ads running statewide promoting these candidates. Mystery candidate #4's name, pulled out of a hat somewhere would have been UNKNOWN prior to this by the majority of the voters.
On a personal note: Name calling is in pretty poor taste and generally better suited for some liberal web site. Vitriol is usually indicative of some pretty poor mental reasoning. If you can't make your point sans name calling, you don't have much of a point to make. Stop with the name calling, now.
That is what passes for humor on FR these days. Trash a 98% ACU rated conservative and make him look like a pig by posting a photo-shopped picture.
Is that a lynch mob ping list you got there?
Can I be on it? I’ve never seen anyone lynched before.
The list is made up of patriots who put their country first rather than their own egos.
Akin has every right to be in the race. He has broken no laws and done nothing unethical.
What YOU want has nothing to do with this race.
Go ahead lynch a solid conservative because you got your panties in a twist over the media outrage over a “legitimate” statement. Even a statement he back tracked on.
Cowards seeking strength in numbers I suppose.
Read the polls and tell us that Akinw ill win. You think it’s better to give up a senate seat to the RAT supporter and one who voted for the Holocaust that is DeathCare? Akin opened his own mouth and stuck his own foot in it. He did the damage to himself. Better to punish the entire country by giving the RATs a vote for Reid to use?
Read the polls and tell us that Akinw will win. Better to give up a senate seat to an ObamaCare supporter and one that voted for that Holocaust? Akin opened his own mouth and stuck his own foot in it. He did the damage to himself without thinking. Better to punish the entire country by giving the RATs a vote for Reid to use?
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