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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.

Can’t the court approve a replacement candidate? I think I saw Sept 25 as the date for that.

They can try, but you know that the Democrats will fight it, especially our Secretary of State Robin Carnahan. Missouri election law says that if a candidate is disqualified after September 25th then their name remains on the ballot, period. And if they win the election then the seat is declared vacant. The Republicans might argue that resignation isn't disqualification but the Democrats will argue that it has the same effect and should be treated the same. Regardless, if the GOP is going to get Akin out of there then they really need to do it before the 25th.

Akin is not an independent. He joined a team called the GOP.

And that team threw him under the bus after one verbal gaffe--an error, which he apologized for. He made the verbal mistake on Sunday and immediately apologized for it. By Monday, the GOP Establishment and others were trying to force him to withdraw from a race, which he won the right to be the nominee after a bruising and tough primary.

Akin has served on the GOP team in elective office for almost 24 years--12 at the state level and 12 in Congress. He has been a consistent winner. And his 97.24 lifetime ACU rating shows him to be a team player and staunch conservative. He is a military veteran with 8 years in the National Guard. He has six children with three of his sons having served in the Marine Corps. There has never been a hint of scandal or criminality. He is a devout Christian and strong social conservative.

Akin believes he can win this race. His opponent's positions haven't changed. She still supports Obamacare and is against its repeal. She supported the stimulus bill and four years of trillion dollar deficits. Unemployment is still high.

The GOP has handled this wrong from the very beginning. They bought into the MSM hysteria and joined with the mob condemning Akin. The GOP Establishment never supported Akin for the Senate seat. He was too conservative. Much of this reaction has less to do with substance than it does with the internecine war within the GOP--RINOs versus conservatives. Brunner was their guy, bought and paid for by corporate interests. Akin has an A+ rating on immigration from NumbersUSA. Akin received endorsements from Steve King, Michele Bachmann, and Phyllis Schafly.

Todd Akin will be remembered as the political equivalent of the 1919 Black Sox.

The Black Sox scandal was about throwing games and criminality. Todd Akin is the one who wants to play the game according to the rules. He does not want to collude with the criminals to fix the election and screw the voters whose choice will be nullified and replaced by a small group of insiders. The corruption is with the GOP not the decent honorable man who wants to do the right thing, not what the sinister powers want. Karl Rove tried to influence the primaries in Delaware. He would have rather seen a Mike Castle in the Senate similar to the way we had to endure turncoat Specter in PA.

Now is the time for the GOP to support Akin if winning the seat is that important.