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AKIN WILL WITHDRAW: WHAT HAPPENS NOW? (return of Sarah Steelman?)
Breitbart/Big Government ^ | 8-20-2012 | Mike Flynn

Posted on 08/20/2012 8:56:24 PM PDT by smoothsailing

August 20, 2012

AKIN WILL WITHDRAW: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

Mike Flynn

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At some point before 5pm CDT tomorrow, Akin will file papers to formally withdraw his name from the ballot. I realize today Akin was defiant and said he wasn't a "quitter." His supporters claim he will stay in the race because he views his candidacy as "providential", but this is just the bluster before the end. Everyone is entitled to 24 hours to try to right their ship, but Akin did nothing today to cauterize the wound. When Reince Priebus, Ann Coulter, NRSC and Tea Party Express are all united in saying you should quit, you've pretty much run out of options.

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After Akin withdraws the decision to name a replacement falls to the 15 members of the state GOP central committee. Speculation is currently focused on two candidates Akin defeated in the recent GOP primary; businessman Jim Brunner and former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman.

Brunner had the backing of many GOP insiders because of his ability to partially self-fund his race. Steelman had the backing of Sarah Palin. They both lost to Akin in large part because Sen. McCaskill ran a lot of ads "attacking" him for being too conservative. (Think of it as a Republican dog-whistle.) Among the two, Steelman probably has the edge as the GOP may want to put the Akin debacle to rest by nominating a woman. It is also expected that Palin would campaign aggressively for Steelman, which would be helpful as 2012 is turning out to be a base election....

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: akin; mccaskill; missouri; mo2012; palin; rape; sarahsteelman; steelman; toddakin
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Sarah and Sarah, one more time?


1 posted on 08/20/2012 8:56:30 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
No .
2 posted on 08/20/2012 8:58:43 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: smoothsailing

Is this definite? There seems to be conflicting reports.


3 posted on 08/20/2012 8:58:54 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Bratch

YES!


4 posted on 08/20/2012 9:00:50 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: humblegunner

They’s makin’ samiches!


5 posted on 08/20/2012 9:01:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Repeal 16-17

At this point, if he doesn’t withdraw from the race, he’s an a####le straight up. His funding is gone, his lead in the polls is over, he’s guaranteed to lose should he decide to ride it out, there are no positives in that situation. Now if he stands down, he gets looked at like he did a good deed, gets to try and rehabilitate his image and maybe give politics another shot in 2 years.

But he has to stand down, if not, here comes Senator McCaskill for another 6 years.


6 posted on 08/20/2012 9:02:09 PM PDT by PhxTM06
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To: smoothsailing

“At some point before 5pm CDT tomorrow, Akin will file papers to formally withdraw his name from the ballot. I realize today Akin was defiant and said he wasn’t a “quitter.””

Don’t forget all the staff that worked on his campaign and will now be out on their own. He owed it to his staff at the very least to not say “Poof! Goodbye!” after all their hard work for him.


7 posted on 08/20/2012 9:02:21 PM PDT by ari-freedom
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL! Don’t get him too excited.


8 posted on 08/20/2012 9:07:31 PM PDT by Moorings
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To: Bratch
Other names being floated include former Sen. John Ashcroft and former Ambassador Ann Wagner. Wagner is the current GOP candidate to replace Akin in the House. One can readily imagine a deal where Wagner gets the nod to run for Senate and Akin gets to nod to reclaim his old House seat. A grand bargain for the Grand Old Party.

GOP BS, this would stink to high heaven.

9 posted on 08/20/2012 9:08:58 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“They’s makin’ samiches!”

LOL, you’re cute, you sound so excited! Like my family! Sammys are good!


10 posted on 08/20/2012 9:09:20 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: Moorings
If they poll hom tonight

I am sure they polled replacements

11 posted on 08/20/2012 9:10:05 PM PDT by scooby321 (AMS)
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To: smoothsailing

AKIN WILL WITHDRAW...
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I hope so, but how does Mike Flynn know this? Is this just a hunch?


12 posted on 08/20/2012 9:10:39 PM PDT by pistolpackinpapa (Why is it that you never see any Obama bumper stickers on cars going to work in the mornings?)
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To: smoothsailing

Wouldn’t the person who got 2nd place be the person next considered as the ‘winner’? Or do the winners have to have a certain percentage to win, even in the event of a disqualification (or other reason such as this)?


13 posted on 08/20/2012 9:10:43 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I was WONDERing what they were doing.


14 posted on 08/20/2012 9:11:04 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
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To: smoothsailing

Gosh darn, I hope the author is right. The guy needs to move on.


15 posted on 08/20/2012 9:11:59 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: nicmarlo

It’s a “smoke filled room” that decides these things.


16 posted on 08/20/2012 9:12:33 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Election night is 76 days away.)
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To: nicmarlo

How the other candidates did in the Primary has nothing to do with it. The 15 Members of the Missouri GOP Committee will choose a candidate to fill the slot. They can pick Joe Kowalski in Podunk, Missouri if they want to.


17 posted on 08/20/2012 9:13:36 PM PDT by pistolpackinpapa (Why is it that you never see any Obama bumper stickers on cars going to work in the mornings?)
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To: smoothsailing
JMO, I believe Akin should step down because this doesn't look like it's going away. The RATS are all over it and they'll stay on it to the election and McCaskill probably will be reelected, that's not an option at all.

Sarah Steelman should be the candidate if for no other reason than Brunner is the pick of the GOPe.

Sarah has the backing of Sarah and that will beat McCaskill.

18 posted on 08/20/2012 9:14:02 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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To: nicmarlo
After Akin withdraws the decision to name a replacement falls to the 15 members of the state GOP central committee.
19 posted on 08/20/2012 9:18:12 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: newzjunkey
It’s a “smoke filled room” that decides these things.

Figuratively speaking of course. It is a smoke filled area out some back door where the smoking gets done these days.

20 posted on 08/20/2012 9:18:40 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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