Posted on 08/21/2012 4:15:07 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) would prefer for Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) to remain her reelection opponent.
"Elections are sacred, there was an election, so I think the voters of Missouri should be respected [and] not have some big wig fancy people from Washington come in here and threaten him that he's got to drop out," McCaskill said, according to St. Louis television station KTVS.
Akin was the Republican primary contender that McCaskill and the Democrats were hoping for, prior to his controversial statements on rape that have prompted GOP calls for him to quit. That his remarks might have injured his candidacy makes him all the more attractive to the Democrats. McCaskill, however, did not emphasize the political calculations in her remarks to the TV station.
She said it would be a "radical" event for Akin to drop out and the state GOP to pick another candidate.
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Pretty sure that was meant to have a sarcasm tag.
"But enough about Republican Todd Akin. Let's talk about Republican Todd Akin!"
Of course she does... if he drops out she goes back to being a hostess at the Olive Garden in Cape.
Our local news, too. Wall-to-wall, with the exception of weather and sports.
I thought he was a reasonable individual who made a very bad mistake.
So Ryan and the entire GOP wants him out, McCaskill wants him in ... and he goes along with what McCaskill wants!?!?
Now I am convinced: He’s a moron.
“Clearly he suffers from elephantitus of the ego.”
Apparently. what’s with these careerist pols that need to be taken out with a crowbar?!? Power must be intoxicating.
Akin: Drop out!
Akin is way down in the polls.
PPP salted their poll to give Akin false hope and help him stay in, which is what Democrats want.
“Since PPP decided it can’t help itself, I’ve done you all a service.
I went through their ridiculous R+9 sample and ONLY changed the D/R/I proportions to match previous elections, and an even turnout.
With R+9, PPP’s headline screams Akin up by 1. It is an obvious, sick ploy to get this delusional Bio101 flunkie to stay in and cost us a seat.
Here are the real numbers:
If turnout in November matches 2008 (it won’t):
McCaskill 49.25% Akin 39% (this is a D+6 turnout model)
If turnout in November is even, an incredible feat for the GOP considering heavy turnout in St Louis and Kansas City during an election year:
McCaskill 47% Akin 40%.
If turnout in November matches the best we have ever seen in the state (R+3 during 2010):
McCaskill 45% Akin 41%.
McCaskill is a dead duck if we dump Akin. The other candidates from the primary were crushing her up and down. To trail her by four in a best-case scenario is inexcusable at this point.”
YUP. AKINS IS ACTUALLY DOWN 7-9 POINTS.
If turnout in November is even, an incredible feat for the GOP considering heavy turnout in St Louis and Kansas City during an election year:
McCaskill 47% Akin 40%.
Gee, why isn’t this story headline news??? Because it’s a democrat???
It was a geared election...to help Akin make it up through the primary and be the final Republican choice. The fact that Akin hasn’t figured this out....makes him either a knowing part of the scheme, or fairly naive (my bet is on the naive). But here’s the bottom line. Even if Akin had not made the comment....the best results would have been McCaskill likely winning 51-49 percent (based on several different sources)....so Akin didn’t have a great chance of winning, and this merely puts it back into the safe 60-40 percent range for McCaskill.
exactly....but if his ego wasn’t so darned bug he would see the bigger picture and step aside, be content with his house seat and ride the gravy train a bit longer
Darned bugs!
Kidding aside, perhaps his belief in Life is blinding his objectivity.
So did I - until I listened to his Hannity interview, when he exposed his bizarre mental processes to the entire country.
On the bright side, he has plenty of company. The majority of pols suffer from the same crazed ambition, and many of them are also idiots. They just hide it better.
Mccaskill, helped deliver the kenyan nightmare and his insane techniques used to bankrupt our kid’s futures. She is the enemy of every free human.
Akin, a native NYC fool, made the mistake of addressing a technical issue he knows very little about. Fact is, he was right but misstated the issue. Forcible rape, is so devastating to endocrine homeostasis involved in reproduction, that conceptions rates do fall dramatically. This principle applies across many species, not just humans.
McCaskill is having fun with this now. She knows there’s no chance of Akin winning. Like a cat playing with a mouse before devouring it, she’ll probably even throw his campaign a little $$$$ just to keep this macabre game going until she tires of it and delivers the kill shot.
It didn’t have to happen that way, but unfortunately Akin’s ego got the best of him.
You bet she does. She smells fear, and cowardice, and is predicting a full retreat from the “pro-lifers”.
I wish I could say she’s wrong.
Well of course she does! To her, Akin is a gift from Heaven.
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