SOURCES: AKIN IN TO STAY

Breitbart: Big Government ^ | August 23, 2012 | Dana Loesch

[C19fan]

Sources say that GOP candidate Rep. Todd Akin will leave the Council for National Policy conference confident about his decision to stay in the Missouri Senate race. The conference hosts top conservatives annually, many of whom have encouraged Akin to continue in his bid against incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill. Not all have been supportive of the Congressman's bid, with several prominent attendees said to have privately encouraged him to step aside.

[C19fan]

If the Pro-Life movement wants to go down with this ship so be it.

[Chickensoup]

Glad he is staying. Time to fight back.

[Safrguns]

I wish Herman Cain had shown similar muster

[madprof98]

Apparently the Dems were looking for a theme for their convention—”Hope and Change” having become a little thin—and now Akin has given them one: Abortion, the Antidote to Rape, gleefully articulated by Sandra Fluke. Can we all sink any lower?

[chris37]

Good, and guess what?

I ain’t even 100% pro-life, pal.

[drbuzzard]

So much for that near sure GOP Senate seat. We can write that off.

[Hoodat]

I love Dana Loesch, but she is not seeing the political reality of this. I appreciate her stand, but I am not willing to risk 6 more years of Claire McCaskill from what was originally the easiest GOP pickup in the country. Her points are valid, yet they ignore the 20-point swing that has occurred over the last two weeks. Akin is now toxic to the pro-life cause. And as God told Elijah, there are still 7,000 who have never bowed a knee to baal. Akin needs to put his ego in check and pass the baton on to someone else.

[Perdogg]

There are other paths to 51.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Herman Melville wrote about a guy similarly disposed.

[scooby321]

Hard to run a campaign with no money.

His people know he has no money to pay them , rent , ads .

If your not a troll he was never the pro=life choice in the race or the conservative but the Democrats choice. He and his wife should be left to their own and start spending their cash on the campaign

[Perdogg]

The article is from Brietbart; they were wrong about him steping down.

Maybe it is reverse voodoo.

[chuckee]

I do not definitively know if the guy was right or wrong about the effects of rape as it relates to pregnancy but I am pretty sure that a discussion by a male candidate downplaying the effects of rape as relates to pregnancy to bolster a non exception for rape pro life argument does not fit anywhere in a prolife candidate’s list of wise things to do.
I absolutely think the RNC national Republicans should play hardball and take the strategic risk of publicly ignoring him and the RNC and Republicans PACS should tell him in no uncertain terms will he be getting a dime until he realizes he needs to withdraw. It is one game of chicken worth playing to see if we can win that seat with a replacement pro lifer and limit the national damage. Otherwise the Missouri independent vote that was prone to vote vs McCaskill and is necessary to win this seat is gone mot to mention the damage he will cause over the next 10 weeks.
Having said that as a conservative pro life partisan Republican I would eventually vote for this loser if he is still there on election day given no other choice.

[Spirit of Liberty]

Me too!

[donozark]

Recall the old saying,"Stubborn as a Missouri mule?" Akin is PCA. Old school. In years to come perhaps people will say,"Stubborn as a Missouri politician." Truman was likewise known for his obstinancy.

There was a reason the CIA came to Missouri in the 1980s to buy mules for Afghanistan. They returned to Missouri after 9-11 for the same purpose. Not likening Akin to a Missouri mule, but his affect and actions are similar in nature...

[Uncle Chip]

Democrat operatives and known progressive activists are trolling the #MOsen stream, duping unsuspecting new supporters into tweeting false and purposefully divisive info as a way to exploit the divide and increase the gap. It's difficult to watch; emotions in my great state are hot right now. Regardless of the side they're on, the most important claim, to oust McCaskill, has been lost in the battle. A brilliant play by Democrats.

I wonder who that is on this forum.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Abortion, the Antidote to Rape, gleefully articulated by Sandra Fluke. Can we all sink any lower?

We can and we have. Infanticide, the Antidote to Unsuccessful Abortion, gleefully articulated by Barack Hussein Obama.

[cicero2k]

but I am pretty sure that a discussion by a male candidate downplaying the effects of rape as relates to pregnancy to bolster a non exception for rape pro life argument does not fit anywhere in a prolife candidate’s list of wise things to do.

Is he still taking this position or did he deny it by saying it was a poor choice in wording, temporarily?

[Callahan]

The pro-lifers blindly rallying around Akin are buying into his delusion that people want him out because of his “pro-life with no exceptions” position when that is obviously not the case. People want him out because he is un-electable, ignorant and incompetent, not to mention an albatross for every other candidates.

[muskah]

Here is a prediction— There will be a well documented position paper that will settle the issue. Akin will be shown to be correct. Don’t you think it strange that no endocrinologists have been interviewed about how severe stress releases hormones that cause miscarriages in the first months of pregnancy? Lazy jounalists and politicians are to busy running their mouths or to scared to do a little google search. Look around the web.

[Uncle Chip]

Akin needs to put his ego in check and pass the baton on to someone else.

Just who should the baton be passed to??? Dana's analysis of available replacements is spot on. There aren't any. The most viable -- Ann Wagner -- has her hands full right now.