Good for Akin for hanging in there; nice to see someone resist “borking”. Hope it pays off, but even if it doesn’t good for him.
LOL...
The GOP is just laughable.
I’m glad to see Akin stood up against the giants. Now they need to get behind him and help him beat McCaskill and win the Senate back.
Well how about that. The NRSC is finally waking up to fact that Missouri is mad as hell and won't let the NRSC blackball them. GOPe suddenly see the light that they need to dump McCrakel by supporting Akin. I guess they need that Senate seat after all. Dud...
Rick Santorum has also endorsed Akin. With people like DeMint, Gingrich, and Santorum stepping up to the plate, it helps Akin’s chances. Good for them. Go Akin!
Well ... duh!
"Two-faced bastids"
We need politicians like Akin in the Senate. We get enough of them, we can have real reform instead of this slow torture to socialism.
"Sorry...I sent all the money to Akin"
“Todd Akin is a far more preferable candidate than liberal Sen. Claire McCaskill,” NRSC executive director Rob Jesmer said.”
No doubt Rob had to down a couple of stiff ones to be able to get those words out. That Akin may have backed the establishment boys down rather than the other way around would have been unthinkable a few years back. The establishment Republican party apparatus is still a force to be reckoned with, but Tea Partiers and conservative “non-team players” like Akin are getting stronger.
“Todd Akin is a far more preferable candidate than liberal Sen. Claire McCaskill,” NRSC executive director Rob Jesmer said.”
No doubt Rob had to down a couple of stiff ones to be able to get those words out. That Akin may have backed the establishment boys down rather than the other way around would have been unthinkable a few years back. The establishment Republican party apparatus is still a force to be reckoned with, but Tea Partiers and conservative “non-team players” like Akin are getting stronger.
Wow. Not a single pro Republican comment at the bottom of that article. Why do we post Washington Compost articles again?
Screw Akin. IF he’s so stupid as to say “legitimate rape” then he’s going to become an issue in the future. I’d vote against McCaskill if I lived in Missouri, but an ignorant boob like Akin is more of a liability than an assest to the conservative cause.
In my fondest daydreams I hope that the balance of power in the Senate comes out Republicans, 59 and Democrats 40. And that Todd Akins is the deciding vote in every issue that comes up.
THAT would be the ultimate vindication of Akin’s stand!
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Well, I think it’s a matter of pragmatism now. As Akin has stayed in past the deadline, it’s either support him or concede the race to McCaskill without a fight.
Personally, I think the party should support him, if only because of the stakes involved. I wouldn’t necessarily feel that way if this was some minor state level post or even his old House seat. I think Akin’s chances were irreparably harmed by his comments, and I don’t share the view that he stayed in as a matter of principle. But in politics, you have to pick your battles. Control of the Senate is up for grabs this year, and the GOP can ill-afford to pass up any opportunity to gain another Senate seat, even if it isn’t the lock that it was a couple months ago.
I get tons of stuff from the NSRC including phone calls. The last caller got a very long piece of my mind. I went on and on and on and on and on about the betrayal of Todd Aiken. I made him swear to deliver my tirade up his chain of command
The message was that I could with the flick of my mouse contribute directly to all Senate candidates and especially those who are conservative including Todd Aiken. In reality the NSRC is obsolete in a day when it is easy to give to whomever supports your views, home state or foreign state. Until Aiken is supported forget any money from me to the NSRC
Perhaps they received that message from enough others to matter