[WOSG]

“If Akin were to drop out, the GOP will lose that race anyway.”

Absolutely ... NOT!

Are you forgetting that Brunner and Steelmen in polls just a few weeks ago were STOMPING on McCaskill, and Akin was the weakest of the three. The primary only selected the weakest candidate, Akin, because McCaskill ran ads talking about how conservative Akin was - $2m worth.

If Akin withdrew on Tuesday, the MO GOP would have picked a new candidate by now, and that new candidate would be beating McCaskill right now in the polls.

[Gene Eric]

>> If Akin withdrew on Tuesday

But he didn’t, and it doesn’t look like he’s going to.

I don’t think the hostility and wailing will encourage the voter turnout required for a Senate win in Missouri.

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Curious how many Santorum voters have turned on Akin. Has Rick released a statement?

[so_real]

The primary only selected the weakest candidate, Akin, because McCaskill ran ads talking about how conservative Akin was - $2m worth.

Heaven forbid the most conservative candidate in the race won because a lefty figured the more he represented the FreeRepublic element of the constituency, the easier he would be to beat. No wonder the GOPe element wanted to run him out. I believe this will prove to be an immense miscalculation for the McCaskill team come November. If the GOPe would get there "asses in line", the victory would be a decisive one. Right now it boils down to how bitter the GOPe element of the electorate is. And, to be honest, once the curtain closes around them to vote, I don't see them being that bitter.