Posted on 08/22/2012 10:44:10 AM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
Another Missouri Republican consultant suggests that Representative Jo Ann Emerson, the Republican who has represented Missouri’s eighth district since 1996, could be a top contender to replace Todd Akin if he quits. Her name has been making the rounds among party insiders, thanks in part to the fact that she’s currently the longest-serving House member in Missouri. Missouri GOP executive director Lloyd Smith used to be her chief-of-staff.
UPDATE: A colleague points out that Emerson is a member of the moderate-leaning Republican Main Street partnership, and generally less rightward than the three — Akin, Sarah Steelman, and John Brunner — who ran in the primary. Emerson’s American Conservative Union ranking for 2011 was 56, and for 2010 88; Akin’s ratings, in contrast, were 91.67 and 100 in those years respectively.
Lacking the proper equipment, I cannot speak for them. And as I said, he was totally wrong. But those women have a choice to stand behind a man wit one stupidity problem they vehemently disagree with, or face the prospect of more Claire or similar from a RINO. And it will be MANY things they disagree with.
Current dogma here is ‘go to war with the army you have. My whole point is why Romney and not this guy? The double standard being applied would make a liberal blush.
What happened to the ‘congress will restrain him’ arguments. Why do they not apply? Cant fellow repubs hold this guy to sanity but they can with his boss? Why not elect him, get the seat, then flush him next time like is the argument for getting Romney in?
I have resigned myself to Mitt’s coming win. But the hypocrisy at work hear is crazier than Akin is.
“face the prospect of more Claire or similar from a RINO. And it will be MANY things they disagree with.”
I don’t think it will be a problem in a few weeks, as I think he will step down before the Dem convention to deny them the satisfaction of having his name dragged through the mud on national TV every night.
He has to realize the situation he is in. I know it has to be a hard decision to make, but he will make the right one.
For crying out loud, he said NOTHING of the kind! Talk about reading into things. You have one heck of an imagination to have listened to his interview and inferred something so nefarious. Many pro-life web sites have articles and FAQs stating exactly what he said, that the stress of a forcible rape makes it less likely for a woman to become pregnant. He innocently read those articles and believed them to be accurate. That's it.
I think he will as well. But the damage is done. We will now have fewer conservatives that ever willing to step into the breach because the hair trigger loyalty of modern conservatism will likely bite them as well.
THAT is the big problem here. And Dems will just bait more righties into the same trap. And they will get someone tripped up, and more ‘staunch conservatives’ will change them faster than sweaty socks.
And round and round we go. Net result? An increasingly liberal GOP/government/country. And it’s OUR OWN damn fault. We know it, we see it and we self-inflict it. So we deserve whatever happens.
I thought Emerson was a strong conservative; I think she may be one who started out conservative (a widow replacing her husband) but steading “grew” in office, as the liberals say. Yes, the MO GOP-E is the national GOP-E. “Saint” “Know It All” Danforth might one time have dictated policy in both organizations.
Love him or hate him, Romney is a known quantity. At this point, he's a pretty smooth campaigner.
I thought Emerson was a strong conservative; I think she may be one who started out conservative (a widow replacing her husband) but steading “grew” in office, as the liberals say. Yes, the MO GOP-E is the national GOP-E. “Saint” “Know It All” Danforth might one time have dictated policy in both organizations.
“He innocently read those articles and believed them to be accurate. That’s it.”
Bull! Those are his core beliefs, and he hunted until he found evidence to support it.
And as far as reading something into what he said, explain to me “legitimate rape”. Or if you are forcibly raped, your body will shut down and prevent impregnation.
Romney's campaign sucks. It was going absolutely nowhere until he put Ryan on board, and that excitement has fizzled out. Romney's behind in the polls even in a bad economy. His selfish decision not to release his taxes is cited in polls as being one of the main reasons people don't like him. The real drag on this election is Mitt Romney.
I guess the candidates who actually ran in the primaries and gave the voters an opportunity to express their opinion don’t matter to the GOP kingmakers.
Has nothing to do with my main point. The same attacks will fly at Romney. Yet you will support him to the political death.
Double standard.
“No one had to “hunt” for information like this”
This was a minority opinion, that he referenced concerning his belief about rape. A learned thoughtful person would have used critical thinking to form an educated opinion, especially on a subject as sensitive as rape.
If this is the thought process of this man, then I don’t want to have him as my senatr .
He will be gone in two weeks.
They would have been far better off handling this privately. If they had circled the wagons by just saying that they disapproved of his statement, he has apologized, and now it is time to move on to issues that actually affect the voters of Missouri, e.g., Obamacare, the economy, unemployment, debt and deficit, etc. Hell, 71% of the Missouri voters want Obamacare repealed--an actual vote not a poll. McCaskill supported Obamacare and doesn't want to repeal it. She supported the stimulus. On every issue she seems to be in the minority in MO.
Akin can win if his fellow Reps stop attacking him. And the pettiness of disinviting from the convention is disgusting. The guy is a sitting Congressman yet he is come kind of pariah. He has 6 kids with three sons serving in the Marine Corps. He is squeaky clean. One verbal gaffe, which I don't find as horrendous, as the MSM make it out to be, is enough to end a 24 year political career.
Self-censorship is the worst censorship. Every Rep will be walking on egg shells afraid to say anything that might offend women, gays, minorities, and ethnic groups. The Dems have us exactly where they want us--a neutered political class afraid of its own shadow. In the meantime, they can say whatever they want. It's a big f***ing deal.
I’m with you on this. The other two candidates were better than just picking a RINO out of nowhere. Of course, I don’t live in MO, but my hubby has family there. :)
Can you enlighten us exactly what you mean by "telling" in terms of Akin's core beliefs concerning rape? What do you believe his core beliefs are re rape?
Incorrect. Republicans may end winning big but conservatives are going to lose by putting Republicans like Romney in office and, potentially, this witch in office, a woman that would have had no chance in a primary.
The Republican establishment continues to do a masterfully job at herding stupid conservatives into doing what they want. They encouraged the ABO morons to pile on Akin, a 97% conservative, diminishing the chances he could recover from the gaffe he made. And, now, have set things up so a RINO can take his place, one that will help Romney usher in his "bipartisan" agenda and who will turn a blind eye to more judges like John Roberts and David Souter.
The establishment must consistently be amazed at how easily it is to manipulate conservatives.
Amen!
Does their stupidity amaze you?
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