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Posted on 08/25/2012 11:50:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and the GOP establishment aren't the only ones who want Rep. Todd Akin out of the Missouri Senate race due to his controversial "legitimate rape" comments. A Missouri poll shows that even his best supporters, by a whopping 17 points, want him to drop out. Only Democrats want him to stay in the race.
According to a new St. Louis Post-Dispatch/News 4 poll, self-described Akin supporters want him to quit by a 50-34 margin. His image in the new poll is abysmal, with just 17 percent viewing him favorably and 56 unfavorably.
And the bottom line on his chances of beating Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, who he led comfortably before the scandal by five points is just as bad. He is currently nine points behind McCaskill, 50 percent to 41 percent.
The poll echoes a similar Rasmussen Report released Friday that showed a similar shift in the race that many analysts said was Akin's to win.
The poll reinforces efforts to convince Akin to drop out of the race. He has until September 25 to get his name off the ballot. Akin on Friday dismayed the GOP establishment by announce he was staying in the race. He suggested that he was going to run against the establishment, but even allies like conservative talk show hosts Mark Levin and Sean Hannity, as well as Romney and Ryan, have called on him to step down.
Anti-Akin forces Saturday were pointing to the fact that even Akin's own supporters want him out of the race and were hopeful that Akin would act on that finding.
An Akin associate, however, said that his campaign expects the furor to die down and that with the help of some new ads he will stage a comeback. And a key Washington conservative activist told Secrets that some conservatives are rallying around Akin and are upset that he's being left out to dry by the GOP presidential ticket.
Other details from the poll:
-- Women are running from him. While they were previously split between Akin and McCaskill, women now oppose him by almost 20 percent, 55 percent against to 37 percent for.
-- Republicans want him to withdraw, 47 percent to 37 percent.
-- Independents want him to withdraw, 57 percent to 25 percent.
-- Undecided voters, by a 67 percent to 16 percent margin, want him to withdraw.
-- Only Democrats support his candidacy. Some 47 percent want him to stay in the race, while 37 percent said he should withdraw.
I want Romney to quit.
>> due to his controversial “legitimate rape” comments.
Obama: ‘My Faith in Jesus Is Legitimate and Real’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2922905/posts
Maybe Akin should have said: “Rape that is Legitimate and Real”.
Not the best analogy. Mine is better.
Get back to us when Romney's numbers look like Akin:
-- Republicans want him to withdraw, 47 percent to 37 percent.
-- Independents want him to withdraw, 57 percent to 25 percent.
-- Undecided voters, by a 67 percent to 16 percent margin, want him to withdraw.
And ONLY Democrats want him in the race.
Maybe Akin’s stubbornness will thaw. We can only hope!
Guy’s a friggen idiot.
For whatever reason, it appears that Huckabee is pushing him to stay in the race. So, it would appear that a sure loser of a candidate (and the Dem retention of a Senate seat that would have been a certain R pickup and can still be if Akin quits) is far more important than defeating Obamacare in the Senate. Moreover, with Obama’s reelection and a Dem Senate, you can forget about any state notification requirements or other restrictions on abortion - with an Obama Supreme Court and Attorney General, there will be NO restrictions. So, thank you for socialism, Messrs. Akin and Huckabee.
Meanwhile, Bill Clinton is about to be the headliner of the Democrats’ convention. He’s campaigning around the country. He’ll be in Seattle in September, charging people $5,000 to have a photo taken with him. The money goes to Democrat candidate for governor Jay Inslee.
Two-thirds of Americans love Bill Clinton. His rape of Juanita Broaddrick doesn’t matter to them. His groping of Kathleen Willey doesn’t matter to them. His exposing himself to state employee Paula Jones doesn’t matter to them. His perjury doesn’t matter to them. Bill Clinton is a walking WAR ON WOMEN, but most Americans choose to overlook that because of his charisma, slickness... or whatever. Each and every time the so-called WAR ON WOMEN is brought up, Republicans should point to Bill Clinton. Play offense instead of defense. Bill Clinton is lucky not to be in jail. It’s time for the GOP to go after the Clintons, instead of just praising them at the expense of the Obamas!
BS.
I think this is all hot air blowing on the internet about the depth of support Akin has.
Oh, I must add, I will vote for Akin. But the subject of Akin sure never came up with the soccer parents/relatives. Overwhelming majority were Catholics in attendance. I did not take a poll, but, based upon what I was told about the soccer game and who was playing, and my best guess, there were only 3 non-Catholics in attendance.
Yeah, his stubbornness will thaw. On the Friday before election day, he`ll announce God told him over lunch that it`s time to drop out.
He`ll add, “It`s been such a great run and I want to thank the dozens across the great state of Missouri who have supported this campaign.”
The Akin Campaign is being run by his own family, his wife and children. It has a cult-like feel to it. This guy is getting messages from God that he must stay in and fight for “principle”.
Six more years of Claire, unless we can get a popular write-in candidate like Kit Bond, or James Talent.
http://www.annwagner.com/ I have heard this name, who is running to replace Akin House seat, tossed around.
The problem is the amount of attention required to get a motivated statewide campaign for a write-in is going to take some major money. I do not see that happening now, NOT that I am opposed.
Money is the ‘life’ of political campaigns, and due to the Obama depression, liberal governor, and a state wide drought, majority of Missourians are struggling.... meaning that extra ‘cash’ is going to keep air conditioners running 24/7 and higher water bills, food, gas, and .... and.. this state is not flush with cash ...
Poll shows Akin now trails McCaskill in Missouri Senate race ...said pollster J. Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. of Washington, which conducted the poll for the Post-Dispatch and KMOV-TV. "It's not a rosy picture."
And this second statement by KEVIN McDERMOTT is a flat out manipulation!
Akin said in the original television interview that rape-induced pregnancy is "really rare." By way of explaining his opposition to abortion rights even in cases of rape, he said: "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down" to prevent pregnancy.
There's no mainstream medical support for that assertion, but it has been touted by the anti-abortion movement for years in opposition to rape exceptions to anti-abortion laws.
There may not be mainstream medical (read abortion providers and proponents) support, but there sure as hell is tons of medical evidence that it happens.
Even the government says this...Miscarriage
It is estimated that up to half of all fertilized eggs die and are lost (aborted) spontaneously, usually before the woman knows she is pregnant. Among those women who know they are pregnant, the miscarriage rate is about 15-20%. Most miscarriages occur during the first 7 weeks of pregnancy.
And there is this...Cortisol levels and very early pregnancy loss in humans
Our finding of an association between increased maternal cortisol and higher risk of miscarriage within the first 3 weeks of conception, together with the failure of previous research to find such an association later during gestation (23), suggests that pregnancy may be particularly sensitive to maternal stress during the placentation period.
And I could go on and on. KEVIN McDERMOTT doesn't know what he's talking about.
Claire McCaskill trails GOP candidates in Senate race, poll shows July 28, 2012
Coker predicted that McCaskill's fortunes at this point turn in large part on luck.
"They're going to need a little more than message politics. They're going to have to hope for an incident" that hurts the other side, he said. Missouri, he added, "is still winnable for the right centrist Democrat. ... She had those credentials, but with the sharply partisan issues, she has stood with the president on every big one."
Or you can cast hope aside and create "an incident" where none existed.
There are some interesting numbers in that July article...
Per Coker's poll...
For the GOP Senate primary, the poll shows Brunner, a St. Louis-area businessman, leading former Missouri state Treasurer Steelman, 33-27 percent. Akin, a congressman, was trailing with 17 percent in that race.
Snip...The poll indicates that Brunner would be McCaskill's greatest threat, beating her 52-41 percent in a hypothetical matchup. Steelman is only slightly less dangerous, beating her 49-41 percent. Even Akin, badly trailing the other two Republicans in the upcoming primary, would edge McCaskill 49-44 percent if the general election were held today, the poll found.
Snip...When only voters calling themselves independents are polled, McCaskill loses the hypothetical matchup to Brunner 57-36 percent — a devastating 21-point spread. McCaskill's losses to Steelman and Akin among those independent voters come in at 16 and 11 percent, respectively.
Looks like she "got lucky" and the "Moooooo" factor of herd mentality is helping her more than anything.
Huckabee needs someone to come in and take the heat off his past reputation like Obama did for Carter.
See 16 and 18.
Not to mention Slick Willie’s shedding of seed in the Oval Office.
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