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Akin Assessing Candidacy With Conservatives In Florida
KERO 23 TV (CNN) ^ | UPDATED: 2:03 pm PDT August 23, 2012 | Peter Hamby and Mark Preston

Posted on 08/23/2012 3:04:14 PM PDT by Red Steel

Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- Facing pressure from Republican heavyweights in Washington to abandon his Missouri Senate bid, Rep. Todd Akin is huddling with top conservative activists in Tampa to assess whether to move forward with his embattled candidacy.

Akin spent Wednesday night and Thursday in a series of private meetings at the two-day summit of the Council For National Policy (CNP), a secretive group of conservative leaders who are meeting in Florida before next week's RNC.

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Multiple sources at the CNP conference told CNN that Akin is being encouraged by leading figures in the conservative movement to remain in the Senate race even as he faces pressure from Republican establishment.

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Asked if Akin is using the meetings to re-evaluate his decision to stay in the Missouri race, a source close to the congressman told CNN that he is "keeping an open ear to those people who are pushing him or questioning him on viability."

But the source stressed that Akin is "getting a ton of support" from conservatives at the conference.

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Several of the conservatives attending the conference - most of whom refused to speak on the record because of the secretive nature of the CNP -- expressed resentment at the aggressive and heavy-handed treatment of Akin by Republican leaders in Washington who have pressured him to quit the Missouri race.

At least two people at the conference named Karl Rove, a co-founder of the powerful 527 group American Crossroads, as a specific source of frustration.

Rove's relationship with the activist wing of his party has grown frosty over the years, and sources backing Akin said they might not be rallying to his side with such vigor if Rove was not among those pushing Akin to get out.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: akin; akin4obama; allabotrove; backstabberakin; cnp; evangelicals; huckabee; idiot; mo2012; partyofrape; stupidparty
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To: Hojczyk

His wife and son are running his election campaign and have isolated the clown .
The GOP would like to talk to him
But he has been isolated from
Outsiders .
He is their meal ticket .

Now we find out Huckabee has been involved behind the scence too and he is a menace .


21 posted on 08/23/2012 3:29:35 PM PDT by ncalburt (NO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !H)
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To: Cyber Liberty

It should be renamed Akincare if we end up 1 senate seat short.


22 posted on 08/23/2012 3:30:32 PM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: Tex-Con-Man
Not surprisingly, you left out this part...

There is a 300 word limit CON because the original source is CNN. Of course I'm going to print the pertinent parts of the article.

23 posted on 08/23/2012 3:31:43 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

One can understand why these folks are “secret” if they are dense enough to encourage traitor akin to stay in.


24 posted on 08/23/2012 3:33:05 PM PDT by soycd
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To: SE Mom
This is Rove’s fault? Seriously?

Here is what the article says:

"Rove's relationship with the activist wing of his party has grown frosty over the years, and sources backing Akin said they might not be rallying to his side with such vigor if Rove was not among those pushing Akin to get out."

25 posted on 08/23/2012 3:34:03 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Red Steel

Your twisting Levin’s comments .
Levin was screaming for the stooge to show some class and leave now .

The fool is a selfish ego nut job and destructive .


26 posted on 08/23/2012 3:34:07 PM PDT by ncalburt (NO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !H)
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To: soycd

Actually, the boneheads in the RNC are the traitors giving aid and comfort to the Dems. They totally went about this the wrong way.


27 posted on 08/23/2012 3:35:54 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Uncle Chip

The article has been tampered with and entire sections were removed !


28 posted on 08/23/2012 3:36:34 PM PDT by ncalburt (NO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !H)
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To: ncalburt

BS. No, I did not twist Levin’s word. He told Priebus to get behind Akin since he has decided to stay.


29 posted on 08/23/2012 3:38:15 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Did you edit and tamper with this article ???

Who do you work for ??


30 posted on 08/23/2012 3:38:15 PM PDT by ncalburt (NO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !H)
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To: House Atreides
You know, I’m becoming more and more certain that there are Soros (or some other Progressive individual(s)/organizations) funded individuals who are paid to be on consevative forum

Old news, back in 1998 Time did a story on Moveon.org and how they were conducting training seminars to teach their members to infiltrate and disrupt Conservative web forums by posing as uber Conservatives while non stop trash talking the GOP.

These clowns have never learned that this trick does not work

As the tea party so aptly named them these are mere infilTraitors

31 posted on 08/23/2012 3:38:24 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: House Atreides

You should get that paranoia of yours looked at.


32 posted on 08/23/2012 3:41:28 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: ncalburt

Hey dingbat, the original source is CNN so there is a 300 word limit.

I’ve posted more than 5,000 plus articles on FR. I know what I am doing. So unless CNN has given permission to FR to post the whole article be my guest.


33 posted on 08/23/2012 3:42:00 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: ncalburt

Nevada Senate Seat - thrown away by the GOP

Connecticut Senate Seat - thrown away by the GOP

Missouri Senate Seat - being thrown away by the GOP

Is anyone seeing a pattern here?


34 posted on 08/23/2012 3:42:45 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: ncalburt

Was that sentence I posted tampered with???


35 posted on 08/23/2012 3:43:17 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Cyber Liberty
Nope, this is what is so stupid about the conservative/GOP reaction to Akins. Even without MO the GOP is going to take 4-8 Senate seats. The GOP will take NE, ND, MT and WI, they will hold IN and MA but lose ME (Rino seat so no real loss). It is looking real good to pick up OH, VA, FLA and CT as well

Pretty pathetic how easy the entire GOP/Conservative movement is suckered off message by the Democrat propaganda machines tactics of diversion and distraction

36 posted on 08/23/2012 3:43:27 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: Uncle Chip

What I’m looking for from those leaders is a little MATURITY- not some schoolchildren playing gotcha games. If THIS is the level of adult behavior to be expected from those leaders- no thanks.

This is not EASY for anyone involved in this- not for Akin, his family, the people of Missouri, the country, the GOP, conservatives of all stripes- NO ONE. But if these people are willing to tell Akin to stay in to get back at Rove or others- I say to hell with them.

Meanwhile- they are doing the PRO-LIFE cause a great deal of damage in the “public” eye.


37 posted on 08/23/2012 3:43:59 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Red Steel

I heard the entire show and your bs everyone now.
Mark was screaming for this guy to quit .
He told him
It was over and he could not recover .
The next day he made the same point .
It was over .

Who are working for ?????


38 posted on 08/23/2012 3:43:59 PM PDT by ncalburt (NO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !H)
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To: Red Steel
No. Levin made it clear that after all the deadlines are past, then the RNC should support Akin. That means after Sept 25th.
39 posted on 08/23/2012 3:43:59 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: Red Steel

He is one piece of $HIT and does not give a damn if a person is a RINO or DIM....all he wants is an “R” next to their name so they will vote Republican. He will sale his soul to the Devil.


40 posted on 08/23/2012 3:44:37 PM PDT by elephant
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