This meet will take place for those that do not attend the 500 a plate dinner.
Posted on 09/21/2012 2:10:33 AM PDT by Evil Slayer
In about 28 hours, the Republican Party will be, for all intents and purposes, stuck with Todd Akin.
The Missouri Senate candidate has shown no signs of bowing to pressure from the national party to get out of the race after his controversial comment about “legitimate rape” turned the race on its head.
And though the party initially held out hope that Akin would change his mind at some point over the past month, it now appears that ship has sailed.
The technical deadline for being able to replace Akin on the ballot, if he dropped out, is Tuesday. But because military ballots must be sent by Saturday, the effective drop-dead date is close-of-business Friday. After that point, Akin’s name would still appear on military and overseas ballots and a replacement nominee would not.
In addition, Akin would need to get a judge’s permission to withdraw (which could pose problems on such short notice), and he would be responsible for the cost of re-printing any ballots that have already been printed — a cost that might be significant.
So really at this point, there’s no reason to believe anything will change, and Republicans, after using as much leverage as they could muster, have begun accepting their fate.
“God has spoken: Todd is running,” said one Missouri Republican strategist, granted anonymity to speak candidly. “Our loins are girded.”
Shortly after Akin’s comment blew up, calls for him to exit the race began to snowball. Republicans urged him — both publicly and privately — to step aside, they pledged to not spend any money on his behalf, and they declared the seat lost if he stayed in the race.
Five current and former former Missouri Republican senators even joined forces in asking Akin to back out.
But aside from some isolated initial
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I have had a feeling all along that Missourians will remember how Claire sold us out to Obama and do the right thing come Nov. 6th. If Newt targets all his attention to helping Todd in these final days by helping Todd attack the Obama clone (McCaskill), he will win big and give us a true conservative Senator for Missouri.
Live Streaming of Akin/McCaskill debate today Friday at 10:45am CDT
Live Streaming Video of the debate via Fox2Now starting Friday 9/21 at 10:45am CDT
Onward amd Upward! Some good news at last! Thank you, Newt!
Stupid, stupid GOPe!
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Late or early, take your pick. LOL
Sarah Palin should retract her early statement for Akin to drop out as well. Sarah jumped the gun on this one. She needs to apologize and start backing Todd. Funding would also help.
(((ping)))
...if he loses and it results in two more years of Boss Reid—he will be damned for all time.
Either result will be his personal responsibility alone.
Having said this, GO AKINS! STOMP THAT OBAMA TOOL!
These are not the moves of someone who is about to succumb to the pressure.
Agreed! In fact Sarah hasn’t been doing much of anything recently.
Meanwhile a Tea Party near Pittsburgh the other day had over 500 attendees. Some estimates put it at 800 and that in a heavily democrat/union area.
The article has the tone of a funeral dirge. I call agitprop. The thing that really horrifies the WaCompost is that he might well win the seat in spite of their sage words.
It is becoming easy to see how the “Akin effect” has faded; just look at warren now down 6 vs Brown in Mass. with a sample of 55% Democrats.
“Sarah Palin should retract her early statement for Akin to drop out as well.”
I agree. It’s rare that Sarah makes a political mistake, but I think she did here.
Godspeed, Todd Akin! Todd is on track to win the Missouri Senate seat!
That's not enough to win an election and it sounds like famous last words.
Amazing the things God gets blamed for.
“I agree. It’s rare that Sarah makes a political mistake, but I think she did here”
Now she is making personal mistakes as well, saw her on Hannity last night. The dark hair and fake tan weren’t becoming IMO.
This entire episode is ridiculous. If the voters there are too stoopid to know what they want, they get what they deserve. Unfortunately, the rest of the Nation gets that consequence as well.
“Funding would also help.”
I whacked my plastic for Akin on Sunday. Todd Akin, aside from his unfortunate utterance about rape, which by the way, USED TO BE TAUGHT IN SOME NURSING SCHOOLS, is a good man and iron clad pro-life. I’m really pleased to see Newt step up and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with him.
I got a fundraising call yesterday from the NRSC. The guy started on his usual speal about how we need four seats, so I cut him off and asked if the NRSC had started funding Todd Akin’s campaign yet. He said no, and I started yelling at him, telling him how John Cornyn wouldn’t bat an eye to fund Arlen Specter, Charlie Crist, Olympia Snowe, Lisa Murkowski, etc. but Akin was cut off without a cent for saying something stupid. I told him in no uncertain terms to pass the message along that I wanted conservtives to be supported, not worthless moderates, then hung up. It felt really good!
Awesome! Newt has his head screwed on properly and clearly understands what is at stake.
Well... I’m not holding my breath waiting for the RiNoC to re-release their funding for Todd Akin. So, I’ve taken the initiative and pumped some cash directly into his campaign.
Cheers
“I think Todd Akin was the choice of the people in Missouri and Todd Akin has publicly apologized,” Gingrich recently told ABC News. “I just think people ought to be a little cautious about saying the voters of Missouri don’t count.”
Mike Huckabee has also defended Akin. But a number of Republican supporters have withheld funds for his campaign. As a result, Akin is being outspent 10 to 1. While Akins has had relatively few ads on television, McCaskill’s campaign is supposedly spending $500,000 per week on broadcast and cable ads.
That is good news. It's time to start countering Clairebelle's leftwaffe who have dominated the airwave's for the last month bombarding the populace with her propaganda leftlets. The way she has been talking about her moderation in the Senate one would think that she was the GOP candidate.
God bless YOU! the knee jerk reaction by the rino’s is mind boggling. Why the republicans destroy their own is beyond me..so much for the Reagan Rule.
Let’s go ...Lt. Todd Akin, combat engineer, US Army..man of courage. Time to expose Claire for the leftwinger she is..we need this win.
A $50,000 fundraiser is a drop in the bucket to what Akin needs. Can't he do better than that given who is appearing with him?
Meanwhile, he’s an article on the GOPe reaching its end, from an unexpected source—Scott Rassmussen:
That is a typical fundraiser. When we had them in Virginia at high dollar plates it was hard to draw a huge crowd and have to consider the circumstances
With Romney far ahead of Obama in Missouri I can’t believe the voters there would vote for Romney and then turn around and vote for McCaskill..it ain’t gonna happen.
“A $50,000 fundraiser is a drop in the bucket to what Akin needs”
This is Akin’s real problem, not so much because of what he said, but he has no money and if the GOP doesn’t reverse itself on funding, then he has little chance.
McCaskill hasn’t even started to attack him yet. 12 million vs 2 million. That is the issue.
Up until now, the majority of the pushback against the GOP leadership has come from Christian conservatives who believe — correctly in my opinion — that the real reason for the attack on Akin is fear that the official Republican position against abortion even in cases of rape is a losing position with voters.
I have been saying for a month now that Akin’s comment was really stupid, but the attack on Akin is all out of proportion to the original offense.
Until Newt Gingrich stepped in, it looked like the Missouri senate race was going to turn into a situation where conservative Christians were left on their own, and basically were going to have to raise money on our own, on a national basis, to replace normal national Republican funding.
Gingrich getting involved is a game changer. Having Mike Huckabee and James Dobson support Akin was important, but not surprising. Gingrich's support sends an entirely different and very important message.
I have defended and provided evidence for Gingrich's personal faith in the past, and also argued that a Christian conservative can legitimately vote for Gingrich because the Romans 13 standards for civil office and the example of King David show that we should not strictly apply the personal family life standards of I Timothy and Titus, which are qualifications for pastors, elders and deacons, to those serving in civil office. Gingrich's personal faith is not the issue. Regardless of his personal faith, during the primary election, he got identified as the main antagonist of Christian conservatives in the ultimately unsuccessful attempt to stop Mitt Romney. If Gingrich has coattails, and I strongly believe that he does, his involvement will bring an entirely different group of people who are mad at the Republican leadership into the fight for Akin.
It is no secret that I did not support Gingrich's campaign until Rick Santorum dropped out, but then said Gingrich was our last option to stop Romney. I am very glad to see that Gingrich is willing to support Todd Akin — and his support could be a very important signal turning on financial spigots that until now have been unavailable to Akin.
This is a very good thing. Christian conservatives and more secular conservatives have much more in common with each other than either of us have with a fair number of people in the Republican establishment, and all of us have more in common with each other than we do with the Democrats.
darrellmaurina, read this on Akin.org. “One thing liberals always try to do is drive a wedge between “social” and “fiscal” conservatives. Well, when you look at the numbers, social conservatives are some of the most fiscally conservative! Check out this chart showing Right to Life ratings next to fiscally conservative National Taxpayer Union (NTU) ratings and LIKE if you believe fiscal issues ARE social issues and vice versa! Todd Akin”
Chart is on his site.
Not with someone as high-profile as Newt Gingrich. There are just over 6 weeks left. If Akin can't attract better contributions than this then he's lost the money battle and can't get his message out.
Well, I do hope Newton can help, but MO people don’t like to vote for losing candidates. I admire Akin for sticking with his campaign after the grand poo-bahs told him to exit the race.
Anyone should be able to stand up to John Cornyn, who is so mealy-mouthed, but in TX no one will.
Yes, it is typical considering the circumstances. This was a last minute fundraiser. The people in Missouri know who Akin is and know his record. The enemy has been the damn rino’s from the establishment.
Are you in MO? why do I get the feeling you don’t care for Newt or Akin?
Yes, but the person you spoke with had nothing to do with de-funding Todd Akin. He’s probably an $8 per hour employee who makes no policy. He may not even know who Todd Akin is. I wish another Cruz would step forward and challenge Cornyn in the 2014 primary.
Newt needed to get the hell out of the way. Lead, follow or leave. He did none of the above - and the result was Romney.
It’s nice to see Newt come out to help Akin - but let’s be honest here, would we not be better off without Romney at the top of the ticket?
In 1968, MO voters went for Nixon and then McGovern emocrat Thomas F. Eagleton for the Senate. Eagleton beat one of the best Republicans MO ever had — Rep. Thomas Curtis, who may have well been from much of the Todd Akin district, since changed boundaries probably.
And they gave GWB the nod in 2000 but the dead Carnahan the Senate seat.
Is Santorum also backing Akin? I thought I read he is.
I didn't derail Akins' campaign, he managed to do that himself. That's not being anti-anyone. That is stating simple fact. And if that annoys you then deal with it.
Translation - internal polls are starting to show that Akin is not getting blown out like the GOP-e feared and has a very good chance of still winning so they will now throw some money his way so they can claim to have helped secure the victory.
I am from Missouri and I don’t think he can win. The level of enthusiasm for him is pretty much nil.
Good news for Akin!
I am sure the PhonyCons who want him out will have some spin on this news....oh well, Claire still loves ya
The GOP was stupid trying to force Akin out...he won the primary, and the GOPe candidate finished THIRD. Who was the GOP going to replace Akin with?
Good that Newt Gingrich is going up to MO to help fundraise.
Sarah Palin should retract her early statement for Akin to drop out as well. Sarah jumped the gun on this one. She needs to apologize and start backing Todd. Funding would also help.
As good as she is on the issues, Palin makes some bad political support choices
Of course, she supported Hanoi John McCain in 2010..when we had a good chance to unseat him in the primary
She supported another Pro-Amnesty Liberal Arizonan, Jeff Flake, for GOP Senate run for Jon Kyl’s seat ....Flake is so bad on Border/National Security he worked w Democrat Luis Gonzalez (one of the most Hispano Racist House members) to pass an Illegal Alien Amnesty bill
And, in Missouri, she supported Sarah Steelman, who actually had most of the GOPe insider support...more than both Brunner and Akin had COMBINED. The only GOP Insider support she did not have was the Chamber of Commerce (which supported Brunner)
This meet will take place for those that do not attend the 500 a plate dinner.
Look Newbie..this is not the only fundraiser Akin will have and hopefully the gop will get on board after today’s debate. Akin apologized for his comment and it was not as bad as introducing socialized medicine into the USA or supporting homosexuals serving openly in the military as another prominent republican has done and if you want to eliminate candidates due to gaffes...I can give you a list that should be gone. Thank God you don’t live in this state.
He knew who Todd Akin was. And I don’t care that he’s not involved in funding decisions. Maybe at their next meeting, when they’re asked why money’s not coming in, he’ll pass along the message that repuplicans are not happy with the worthless candidates that the RNC and the RNSC chooses to fund. It’s the only voice I have and since I own the phone they choose to call, they’re going to hear what I have to say.
You don’t think democrats are 55% in Mass.?
Maybe this skewed polls stuff has gone a bridge too far.
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