Mr. Akin is, by his own doing, radioactive.
If not used by other Republicans as a foil - look, we’re not the extremists that Mr. Akin is - all he does is bring them ill will.
Even if his one race is made winnable, giving support to him now gives the bumper sticker media - and the Party of Satan - plenty of cheap shots to take at Gov. Romney and all other Republicans, including ALL Republican Senate candidates.
It doesn’t matter whether Mr. Akin is a good guy or a bad guy (although, to me, he comes off smarmy as Hell). What matters is that he appears to be a poor, inept, inappropriate candidate and spokesman for the things he believes. He shoved his foot so far down his throat, it came out the other end of his alimentary canal.
If he refuses to step aside, let him pull out a victory, if he can, with his own resources, and the resources of whomever he can personally persuade to help out.
But NO party money should go to this clown. NO Republicans should tar themselves with his brush. He’s got as much brainpower as Joe Biden. Maybe.
And if you want to cry about how unfair that is, go right ahead. At least you’ll be telling the truth. Unfortunately, you’ll also be irrelevant. We don’t control many institutions of the media or of education or of any one of a number of other important opinion-making institutions in the United States. So, to win, we need to be twice as good, twice as smart and twice as careful, not half as good, half as smart, and entirely reckless.
It seems that Claire McCaskill was right to pay good money to help him get the nomination - he really is the turd in the punchbowl. She paid her money and she hit the jackpot, obtaining as an opponent the biggest boob her money could buy.
I agree with you that the RNC HAS to disavow Akin but I just hope the RNC doesn’t actively undermine him. I pray that Akin is able to pull off a win on his own.
And if it is close, should Prince Riebus's RNC send forces into the battle for Missouri???
“If he refuses to step aside, let him pull out a victory, if he can, with his own resources, and the resources of whomever he can personally persuade to help out.
But NO party money should go to this clown. NO Republicans should tar themselves with his brush. He’s got as much brainpower as Joe Biden. Maybe.”
There is no upside for the GOP to get anywhere near this guy. He is a nightmare for everyone but Dems.