Akin doesn’t need a bus. He doesn’t need an influential group of pastors. He doesn’t need Phyllis Schlafly. He needs money and he doesn’t have any. His campaign’s financial gas tank is sucking air. That vaunted fundraiser with Gingrich is a $100 a plate dinner for about 500. Do the math. McCaskill will start bombarding the airwaves soon and all Akin can do is watch
Oops, had that backwards. Not $100 a plate for 500 but $500 a plate for 100. Either way, Akin will get $50,000 before expenses. That is a drop in the bucket for what he needs.