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RE :”Might as well skip election day and save money with candidates like them.
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That's certainly what the “establishment” Republicans want you to do. They sure don't want them uppity tea party candidates getting elected”

Reid and Pelosi and Obama praise their lucky stars for wackjobs like Akin, but it looks like they may not be that lucky.

I guess all the money he was counting on dried up. I take it you and your MO Akin primary voters are not willing to mortgage your homes to keep him in the race. Talk is cheap.

August 20, 2012 AKIN WILL WITHDRAW: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

Reid and Pelosi and Obama praise their lucky stars for wackjobs like Akin, but it looks like they may not be that lucky.

Look at what he actually said instead of knee-jerking along with the media and politicians trying to capitalize on it and demonstrate how he's a "wackjob." He's a bit off in his numbers (odds of conception are about 4 or 5 in 20, odds of conception through rape are about 1 in 20) and there's a problem in asking someone to bring in a police report to demonstrate "legitimate rape" because the unborn shouldn't be killed in any case. There's one thing worse than what the liberal media does and that's folks such as yourself letting themselves be so thoroughly played by them and run with a meme. Grow a set (that's a metaphor) and turn the attention back on the horror of abortion instead of allowing the media and opportunists to blow you off course--unless, of course, that's a course you've wanted to go anyway and this is just a convenient excuse to go that way.

As of this morning, local news is indicating Akin is staying in the race. Not sure whether our local guys are correct, or the article you linked to from yesterday is correct. Guess we'll know later today.

As a side note, if Akin drops out, the Missouri Republican Party leaders do not have to replace him with someone who ran in the primary. They can pick a totally different person (and are considering doing so).

Voters had better watch the party leadership carefully. Don't let the establishment guys get their way.