[detective]

You would think that someone in a U.S. Senate race against an extremely weak opponent would be smart enough to realize the only way he could possibly lose was to stand in front of TV cameras and say things that were both stupid and offensive.

You would think that before he decided to remain the Republican candidate he would insure he had enough funds to actually conduct a campaign.

Evidently not.

Akin won a close 3 way primary because Democrats crossed over to support him.

The Democrats and the MSM went after Akin and got him to say dumb things.

The Republican establishment then went after Akin and attacked him and demanded he withdraw.

Akin stayed in the race. Now evidently he has to figure out how to finance his campaign.

I just don't think Mr. Akin is going to come up with any brilliant fund raising strategies.

I still hope Mr. Akin wins.

[X-spurt]

I don’t know Akin from Adam and Cruz is my man, but sometimes we all need to stop and remember that politicians are not perfect and are just like us when it comes to opening mouth and switching off brain.

If the guy is really conservative, whether or not Tea Party of Sarah backed him, we need to help him beat the clearly not conservative dem!

Cutting off our noses to spite our face, is one of the reasons we ended up with nobama.

[ZULU]

Me too.

He may be an idiot, but he apologized for what he said, which is more than a lot of DemocRats have said in similar circumstances.

He should have had the decency to withdraw from the race so somebody better could replace him.

But he hasn’t.

Sometimes you have to hold your nose in politics, forget about being simon-pure and go for the lesser of two evils.

CLERLY Aiken is the lesser of two evils here. If we succeed in bouncing out that witch McCaskill and he hasn’t learned to keep his mouth shut until he THINKS before he speaks, we can flush him out in a primary next time.

But for now, HOLD your nose and support the guy - control of the Senate could lie in the balance.

[Dave W]

Uhhmmm, Akin won't win without money. It really is that simple. No one is going to give money to a candidate they think will lose. If the RNC gave money to Akin now, they would lose credibility because they told the world they will not give money to him and I don't blame them.

[pabianice]

How tragic that if Romney wins, we still lose the Senate and the entire Repub agenda because of one stupid man like Akin.