This bears close watching. Todd Akin hasn’t entirely ruled out withdrawing from the race.
Akin is secretly huddling with a bunch of conservative Christian leaders and they’re all telling him to stay in. He’s in an echo chamber, surrounded by people who only see one side of the issue and are angry at the reaction by party leaders.
Rove was mentioned as someone they are particularly teed off at.
The rationale for his staying in is evolving from supporting the sanctity of life to teaching GOP leaders a lesson.
Offer Akin $’x’ to cover his campaign “debts” and to pay his staff to get out ASAP. Make the offer a one time, take it or leave proposition with the understanding that if he doesn't take it, him, his wife, kids, parents, siblings, mailman, owner of the gas station where he fills up, etc., will learn what the terms PAIN and SUFFERING truly mean and it will all be DUE TO HIM.
And before any of the Lawrence Welk crowd attempts to retort with some half-baked bilge, I will pre-answer that:
FY, this is a war and you either fight to win or lose; there are no “moral victories”.