Priebus: GOP ‘Not Going to Play in MO with Todd Akin’ (No RNC Money for Akin)

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[Windy City Conservative]

Reince Priebus expressed optimism this morning that Republicans could win the senate in 2012, but warned that the party would not get behind Todd Akin, even if he refused to exit the race.

“We’re not going to play in Missouri with Todd Akin, I can tell you that,” Priebus said on ABC’s This Week, adding that it remained “to be seen whether he stays in or not.” The last day Akin can legally leave the race is Tuesday.

[cripplecreek]

Either of the primary runnerups would have been a better choice if akin would have done the right thing and stepped down.

That wouldn't have been possible because Missouri has a sore loser law.

[kabar]

He is one of the most conservative members of Congress. He was endorsed by Michele Bachmann, Steve King, Jim Jordan, Jeb Hensarling, and Mike Huckabee.

Akin voted against TARP, Obamacare, No child left behind, the prescription drug program, McCain-Feingold, and other socialist agenda items.

[Vendome]

I didn’t trade anything for this Tard.

You implied Steele was responsible for 2010. Nothing selective about “The real test of any of these RNC Chaircritters is whether or not the party wins in a major election that takes place during their time in office.

Mike Steele was RNC chair when the Republicans won the greatest electoral victory they’d had in 70 years.”

You gave him credit with that statement. Perhaps it was inartful.

I didn’t know the guy before the convention. I don’t support GOP and haven’t since 41.

I wrote to Gillespie, Gillmore and Steele. The 1st I told them get their act together and I was not going to support RNC until they did.

What did they do? Send my piles of letters asking for more donations and kept on drinking their cheap liquor and laughing at us for the rubes they believe we are.

We had hopes in them and when that guy from CNBC threw his Tea tantrum, that was the day the Tea Party was birthed.

I could write a letter to Preibus but it’s an excersise in futility.

I didn’t ask for this punk to punk us. Someone else waived their hand and he suddenly appeared.

[kabar]

Irrelevant. And exactly how do you know what he truly meant?

[cripplecreek]

And exhibit B why the republicans are losing ground and why a third party is needed. If the congress is split 3 ways, tell the republicans to come over to this side. Plus, you’d see just which ones are democrats when they switch parties.

The moderates aren't going to like it but I think that's exactly what's going to happen. In the end I think it will hurt the democrats most of all because as the new party picks up the conservatives "moderate" democrats will find a home in the GOP.

[Sirius Lee]

Rape is terrible. Murder is worse. I have nothing but contempt for murderers - filthy reptiles that they are.

[Gene Eric]

Good to see Akin has more allies today than he did after the infamous, nonsensical remark.

[kabar]

Endorsements for Todd Akin

Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and 2008 presidential candidate
Congressman Jeb Hensarling, Vice Chair of Committee on Financial Services (R-TX)
Congressman Jim Jordan, Chair of Republican Study Committee (R-OH)
Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Congressman Steve King (R-IA)]
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, 2012 presidential candidate (R-MN)
State Representative Kurt Bahr
Phyllis Schlafly, President of Eagle Forum

Endorsements for John Brunner

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (Oklahoma)
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)
FreedomWorks
United States Chamber of Commerce
Missouri Soybean Association
John Deere
August Busch III, former Chairman of Anheuser-Busch
Missouri Pork Association

Endorsements for Sarah Steelman

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (Utah)
Tea Party Express
Susan B. Anthony List
Jane Cunningham, State Senator
Steven Tilley, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
Rep. Jay Barnes (Jefferson City)
Rep. T.J. Berry (Kearney)
Rep. Eric Burlison (Springfield)
Rep. Steve Cookson (Fairdealing)
Rep. Sandy Crawford (Buffalo)
Rep. David Day (Dixon)
Rep. Charlie Denison (Springfield)
Rep. Tonny Dugger (Hartfield)
Rep. Kevin Elmer (Nixa)
Rep. Paul Fitzwater (Potosi)
Rep. Diane Franklin (Camdenton)
Rep. Ward Franz (West Plains)
Rep. Keith Frederick (Rolla)
Rep. Jeff Grisamore (Lee’s Summit)
Rep. Casey Guernsey (Bethany)
Rep. Kent Hampton (Malden)
Rep. Galen Higdon (St. Joseph)
Rep. Dave Hinson (St. Clair)
Rep. Denny Hoskins (Warrensburg)
Rep. Lincoln Hough (Springfield)
Rep. Caleb Jones (California)
Rep. Delus Johnson (St. Joseph)
Rep. Shelley Keeney (Marble Hill)
Rep. Mike Lair (Chillicothe)
Rep. Bill Lant (Joplin)
Rep. Scott Largent (Clinton)
Rep. Mike Leara (St. Louis)
Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (Jackson)
Rep. Tom Loehner (Koeltztown)
Rep. Thomas Long (Battlefield)
Rep. Mike McGhee (Odessa)
Rep. Chris Molendorp (Belton)
Rep. Myron Neth (Liberty)
Rep. Don Phillips (Kimberling City)
Rep. Darrell Pollock (Lebanon)
Rep. Craig Redmon (Canton)
Rep. Lyle Rowland (Cedar Creek)
Rep. Don Ruzicka (Mount Vernon)
Rep. Jason Smith (Salem)
Rep. Sheila Solon (Blue Springs)
Rep. Mike Thomson (Maryville)
Rep. Steven Tilley (Perryville)
Rep. Noel Torpey (Independence)
Rep. Don Wells (Cabool)
Rep. Ray Weter (Nixa)
Rep. Billy Pat Wright (Dexter)
Rep. Anne Zerr (St. Charles)

[antceecee]

What a despicable, arrogant comment!

[Maudeen]

Endorsements for John Boehner?

[antceecee]

;- )

[antceecee]

;- )

[hecht]

res ipsa loquitor

[Vendome]

You know, I hadn't really been paying to the race in MO but, during our brief exchange decided to look around.

 

I gotta say I'm always going the hot chick...every time:

 

 

 

Bye Todd.  You don't have the assets Sarah does...

[muawiyah]

steelman definitely has the critical components ~ fur shur ~

[berdie]

Thanks for your reply.

How would the runner up be chosen?

The number of votes received?

[MissMagnolia]

Looks like we can’t win for losing. I give up. I’m going to crawl in a hole and pull it in after me.

[muawiyah]

The problem is Romney and his running dog lackey Priebus are a FAR greater drag on Conservatism than Akin.

After all, Akin has not made a major campaign on the issue of whatever it was he really said, but Romney has participated in crafting legislation that can and does kill real babies!

He doesn't even agree with the Republican platform on the issue.

[CatherineofAragon]

“hater”

Juvenile, meaningless language of the left. Step it up, Einstein.

[kabar]

acta non verba

Akin has led a good and virtuous life. He has raised a fine family--six children including three sons who went to the Naval Academy and served in the US Marines, one in Falluja.

Todd Akin graduated from the John Burroughs School, a private prep school in suburban St. Louis, and went on to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, earning a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.

Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980. After his discharge from active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.

He earned a Master of Divinity degree in 1984 from Covenant Theological Seminary where he studied Greek, Hebrew and a socially conservative interpretation of the Christian scriptures. Instead of working in a church, he decided to make public service his ministry

contra principia negantem non est disputandum