Do you think that MO will go for Obama and McCaskill? Or will there be enough split tickets to choose Romney and McCaskill? In other words, how dumb are the voters who will change their votes to reelect someone who will do them further harm? If they choose McCaskill and Obama, I think they get the government they deserve. The same goes for the national elections.
Akin will step down in a few weeks.
1. Lack of money, some donors are asking for their donations be returned. Rep senate committee cut off funds. Sate GOP will not help.
2. You can’t run a campaign without money and this will evidently sink in to Akin.
3. Who will campaign with him? He is toxic in Mo no other Rep running will stand with him.
4. Who will help him organize his campaign? The state and county GOP organizations will not want to be associated and tainted by being associated with him. He can’t do this on his own. See 1,2and 3 above. He is isolated and alone in this state and that will eventually sink in.
5. On Tuesday night, he was the next senator from Mo. A few days later it was pulled from underneath him. He will need a few weeks to let that wound heal, but he will eventually realize his position.
6. He has his political reputation and legacy to consider. If he doesn’t step down and he loses, he will be the most despised politician in the state. If steps down in a dignified manner to help his party, he will leave with some sense of respect.
7. The Democratic convention will start in 2 weeks, he will not want to see and hear his name dragged through the mud every night on national TV.