He’s out I’d say.
Nah . . . he’ll probably call for Romney to drop out now.
If he has an ounce of brain matter and wants a future in politics he will bow out gracefully for the good of the party and the common cause.
I read elsewhere that he is holding it to reiterate that he’s staying in.
If that’s the case then he officially hit attention whore status.
If it said make an announcement, then I would say that he is dropping out. A press conference would mean that he is taking questions. He clearly understands news cycles and I would not take it as a given that press conference means dropping out.
The hill.com is saying that Akin is dropping out and the Republican party has agreed to pay to go court and get him replaced on the ballot.
I hope he takes the gold watch and goes home.If he does decide to petition the court to withdraw I hope it can be done within 2 weeks so we can put the race back on track again.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/245387-akin-to-hold-press-conference-this-afternoon
Only reason to hold a press conference is to say he’s dropping out. Wonder if he was able to negotiate a conservative replacement.
No reason for a press conference unless he’s bowing out.
Good.
I HOPE this moron drops out.
(If anything, just to tick off his vocal and vitriolic little band of supporters here....)
He must have gotten the call from Rush.
Since Rush runs the GOP.
lol
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Akin saw his support falling away. If he stays in McCaskill will win and the GOP might lose Missouri.
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I posted last week that he was awaiting the GOP to reach his price. They may have.
I’m in his congressional district and one of his senior campaign staff spoke at the local Pacyderms Club less than 2 hours ago. Based on that, I seriously doubt he’s pulling out. His support at the meeting was near 100% and his fundraising is beating his own goals.
IHOPEIHOPEIHOPEIHOPEIHOPEIHOPEIHOPE blah blah woof woof...
Akin is a complete ego-driven idiot. He’ll probably prattle on about how God supposedly told him to stay in. Right now I think Palin’s idea of running a write-in candidate the party and conservatives can get behind is probably the best way to try to salvage the situation.