Grassroots supporters have to send money to Akin, and let the party know that they are reducing or eliminating contributions to the party in order to make sure that he is adequately financed.
What kind of a stupid party would put its ability to take the Senate at such substantial risk based on a statement of fact that was corrected within 24 hours after it was made?
“Grassroots supporters have to send money to Akin,”
How much money do you think these grassroot supporters will be able to send? McCaskill has at least 12 million for her campaign, and now that it is winnable, the Dems will increase that amount, so she will be able to inundate the airwaves, organize a much better GOTV campaign.
He apologized, but the damage was already done. There's no un-saying it. Like it or not, perception is reality in politics, and while democrats can get away with saying worse, the bar is higher for Republicans to avoid the "anti-woman" label. It's not fair, but every Republican should know that going in.
No. What kind of stupid party would give this idiot money. He needs to drop out for the good of the party.
I received an envelope from the RNC the other day begging for money. I got out my sharpie and wrote across the paper: GO TO HELL — SINCERELY, AN AKIN SUPPORTER. I then folded that up and sent it back to them in the envelope they so nicely provided to me.