Posted on 08/24/2012 6:43:31 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote
As the controversy over Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment continues, Mitt Romney’s lead in Missouri has vanished.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Missouri Voters finds President Obama with 47% support to Romney’s 46%. Three percent (3%) favor some other candidate in the race, and three percent (3%) more are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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Of course, if you are hot to teach the Republican party a lesson and don't care about getting four more years of Obama and a Democratic Senate, then that argument doesn't hold much water.
“. . . assume all of you naysayers would rather McCaskill run unopposed?”
If it means Romney winning the state comfortably without putting in any resources instead of this C*********K happening the answer is a RESOUNDING YES
Todd is on Twitter rejoicing that he has raised a whopping $125,000! He will soon announce a huge ad buy on The Knitting Channel!
Yes, they are delusional "kooks."
Akin isn’t the “Tea Party” guy. Elements of the Tea Party supported both of his opponents, Brunner and Steelman.
McCain won Missouri 49.36% to 49.23%, a difference of 4,000 votes.
Pick one — and you will anger the supporters of the others.
Is this a joke? The answer is a categorical yes, nationwide, more in some places than others but uniformly "yes."
It’s not that MO voters suddenly turned to Obama. It’s that Republicans/right-leaning Independents are so disgusted by Akin that they stay home.
This guy is a boil that will only continue to grow the fester the longer he stays in the race. Please, SOMEONE get the long knives out for Akin!
Yes! Akin is a cancer that is spreading fast and takes the focus away from Obama’s horrible record.
Huckabee and his delusional cabal of “purists” are going to ruin this election for us.
Yes and in the name of purity of principle, they will see to it that the most radically pro-abortion administration in history and their Senate enabler will be re-elected.
Akin can still withdraw, and a replacement can be named by the Republicans which can include Brunner and/or Steelman.
A court order is needed, but is possible before Sept. 25th. (The campaign has to pay for ballot reprints.)
There is a sore loser law that prevents primary opponents from running third party.
Pick one then and do it without angering the supporters of the others.
It would not surprise me that Akin’s supporters are withholding their support from Mitt and telling pollsters they will be voting for Obama or not remain undecided.
You are correct and what a pack of doomsayers regarding one gaffe on FR lately.
If this one dumbass gaffe changes the outcome of the election and the direction and destiny of America we are already lost and have been for some time.
How Dare He??!!
What does he think he's doing? Standing on some principles? This is about the party!! We don't have any place for people with principles!! Get him out!!!!!!
That is absolute nonsense. The State committee won't make a selection unless and until all factions are pleased with the substitution. EVERYONE will fall in line, because the current alternative spells DISASTER.
Karl Rove's SuperPAC pulled its ads out of MO. May "Legend in his own mind" Rove will reconsider.
And what’s frustrating about this is — so long as Akin stubbornly remains — the dems can call the shots on how miserable they want this whole tawdry episode to be for us. They own the “media” and can dredge Akin’s statement up anytime they feel the need to slap down a pro-life GOP candidate who may be gaining on the dem opponent.
Until Akin goes, the enemy holds the country’s future in its hands.
And, given that, I’m beginning to wonder if Akin is getting some kind of under-the-table incentive to remain.
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