It is passed filing deadline for any other candidate to be on the ballot as well. People continuing to want Akin to drop out are asking for the democrat to be unopposed on the ballot.
Can’t the court approve a replacement candidate? I think I saw Sept 25 as the date for that.
He is a good man with good values and it is unfair what is happening to him. But he has a huge ego problem thinking he is the only pro-life candidate capable of fighting the abortionists. He is delusional thinking he can win.
Akin is not an independent. He joined a team called the GOP. He is on the mound throwing batting practice speed pitches right down the middle and getting hammered. The team is clearly going to lose a critically important game. But he refuses to give up the ball and come out. Todd Akin will be remembered as the political equivalent of the 1919 Black Sox.
Anybody know what the requirements are for the court order? Is a candidate saying "I quit" enough, or does there have to be a removal for cause (like illness, injury, death)?
(I suppose you could give Mitch McConnell five minutes in a room with Akin and the "injury" or "death" options would be taken care of....)