Posted on 08/22/2012 12:08:00 AM PDT by Publius804
I agree. The Democrats are using Akin's offensive comment on rape to smear all Republicans but specifically Romney and Ryan. It's the old, phony 'war on women' meme intended to siphon as many female votes away from Romney-Ryan as possible and it will probably have some effect, although not enough to save Obama. Akin should realize that he is now being used by the Democrats to hurt the GOP 'brand' and show integrity by putting his ego aside and leaving the senate race - which the GOP very much needs to win - thus allowing a candidate with a better chance of success to run for the senate seat. The hostility toward Akin is overblown here but so is the hostility toward Sarah Palin who was simply expressing frustration with Akins petulant intransigence. I'm sure she realizes that third party candidates rarely beat incumbents. The 'bottom line': Akin has to go.
rape.
And leave the democrat as the only person on the ballot? The filing deadline has passed.
All in the attempt to distract this election from the key issues of the economy and 0bama's mess to CRAP like this! Thank you Todd. May we have another?!
CNN's Costello: Like Todd Akin, Paul Ryan Might Be Soft on 'Rape' (Here we go)
And with help from idiot Akin himself(?!) - Akin Tells Hannity That Romney Exploited Rape Statement Controversy For Political Gain
The GOP has earned the nickname ... The Stupid Party.
Yep, there is no choice now but to support the idiot.
I predict this will be a nail-biter.
How much are the voters really up on all of this? Will they all get behind Steelman if she jumps in now, or are they just not aware of all of the facts?
So many uninformed voters and the election is getting mighty close....
All of McCaskill’s dreams are coming true.
Well, you know Santorum let a few things roll too. In fact he was sometimes a bull in a china shop. Some people are more passionate than others. I remember his wife making a joke at how she told him to “cool it.” Of course, he is not our presidential candidate, which is a da*n shame to me because I think he’s head and tails above Romney, but that’s how things have fallen. As far as Akin, you would best know the other candidates. I’m profoundly pro-life, and if a candidate is otherwise a conservative, I will go with the one who is most pro-life; the incest/rape exception is terribly bothersome to me, so I’ll go with the one who backs the protection of the young child and ultimately the rape victim as well. I’ll read up more on Akin and his potential replacements. I still don’t have too much trouble with what he said even though it was of course awkward, because he seems at heart to be a pro-life warrior. And our country desperately needs them all.
And then there are those other minor issues like unemployment, the $16 trillion national debt, and trillion dollar deficits for the past four years that have given us more debt in Obama's four years than Bush's eight. If you believe the MSM and the Dems, the election will revolve around a verbal gaffe and an unaccepted apology versus real issues that affect real people in real life.
I suppose it IS a bit like saying a woman can’t be raped because a woman can move it around.
How offensive was Akin's comment on rape? He should have used the word forcible instead of legitimate. He and Paul Ryan co-sponsored a bill that made that distinction, i.e., forcible rape (an FBI term) and other kinds of rape like statutory rape between two consensual partners.
Should the GOP also distance itself from Akins 97.24 lifetime ACU rating? Or his A+ rating from NumbersUSA on immigration issues? The Dems "War on Women" attacks started long before Akin. Ask Rush Limbaugh who had to apologize for some remarks he made about Sandra Fluke who will speak at the Dem Convention.
Someone from MO please weigh in. Steelman cannot run on a 3rd party because of the “sore loser” law, right? If he drops out, the GOP Central Committee chooses a replacement. Who is on the Central Committee?
It is passed filing deadline for any other candidate to be on the ballot as well. People continuing to want Akin to drop out are asking for the democrat to be unopposed on the ballot.
At the expense of a Senate seat to undo Obamacare? If he stays in and is able to eek out a win, what other cloak room utterances are coming our way that he cannot defend and has no idea that they may be scientifically unsound which serves only to damage the pro-life movement? What confidence do you have just on a single issue that he will not be ripe for capitulation on important key voting issues because he has other little science projects that can be used against him to sway his vote?
There are so many long range issues that many are not looking to or able to see because they are focused on the here and now. Big picture my FRiend, big picture.
Excellent view point. The choice with Akin is to either have him remain on the ballot, or have the democrat unopposed on the ballot. We are past the Missouri filling deadline.
Can’t the court approve a replacement candidate? I think I saw Sept 25 as the date for that.
He is a good man with good values and it is unfair what is happening to him. But he has a huge ego problem thinking he is the only pro-life candidate capable of fighting the abortionists. He is delusional thinking he can win.
Akin is not an independent. He joined a team called the GOP. He is on the mound throwing batting practice speed pitches right down the middle and getting hammered. The team is clearly going to lose a critically important game. But he refuses to give up the ball and come out. Todd Akin will be remembered as the political equivalent of the 1919 Black Sox.
Every single press mention of Akin will reference the "offensive rape comment" that he is "unable to shake off." His press coverage will be 90% unfavorable, at least.
McCaskill will release statements a few times every week referencing Akin's "offensive rape comment" and will call on him to "clarify his position on rape." The media will carry all of these pronouncements above the fold. McCaskill's press coverage will be generally positivve, as well.
Every time Akin speaks, appears, does a presser or does anything at all when cameras and microphones are around he will be repeatedly asked to "explain his offensive rape comment" and "has his opinion on the subject evolved?" He will be unable to avoid answering these questions without raising suggestions from the press and McCaskill that he "isn't transparent" or that he is "doubling down on his rape comment."
Akin's message will be submerged under a flood of apologies, explanations and justifications. If he ceases to apologize the press and McCaskill will crow that he is "an unrepentant, unchanged woman-hater who stands by his rape comment."
If he continues to apologize, the press and McCaskill will continue to call on him to again "clarify his position on rape." It will not end.
After a few weeks of this cycle, the ladies at the church suppers will be overheard saying "I used to like that Akin fellow, but all he talks about is rape. I suppose that I just won't vote for anyone in that race now." Husbands will be obliged to refrain from defending "that man who always talks about rape." This will be visible in a plunging trendline in the polls and the subsequent McCaskill victory.
You may think I'm a lib, or a doomsayer, but you can take this scenario to the bank. It is already beginning to play out.
One other option is still viable. A national exposure of a write-in by the RNC. They do have some very good names, specifically Kitt Bond, to organize around. He could win it because of McCaskill’s horrible approval numbers in spite of those who cling to one issue to support Akin. But also consider if Akin falls far behind the write-in according to polling, how many of those will look reality squarely in the face to go write-in just so McCaskill will not get re-elected.
In your primary, Republicans received 64% of all primary ballots cast for both parties. That is only 36% for the Dems. So if Spence can win over Nixon, could he possibly by law make appointments for vacancies? I don’t know the law but will find out this week in between other things unless someone here can answer it with confidence. If he can, then all of a sudden Bond has to resign for something like medical reasons and Spence can then appoint the runner up in the primary.
I think I saw Sept 25 as the date for that.
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I don’t see that date on the Missouri Election Calendar.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/calendar/2012cal.asp
"Whenever a candidate for nomination or election to an office is disqualified after 5:00 p.m. on the sixth Tuesday prior to a primary election, general election or special election to fill a vacancy, his name shall be printed on the primary, general or special election ballot, as the case may be. The election and canvass shall proceed, and, if a sufficient number of votes are cast for the disqualified candidate to entitle him to nomination or election had the candidate not become disqualified, a vacancy shall exist on the general election ballot or in the office to be filled in the manner provided by law."
Unless Akin resigns by 5 p.m. on September 25th then his name stays on the ballot. And if withdraws after that and he still wins the election then the seat is declared vacant and the Democrat governor fills it.
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