Posted on 09/25/2012 12:58:55 PM PDT by Mozilla
A powerful conservative PAC said today that "circumstances have changed" and it is reconsidering its decision to withhold funds for Todd Akin's bid for a Missouri Senate seat, and Akin's campaign said today they expect other groups will also resume spending.
The statement by the Senate Conservatives Fund, a PAC led by South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, comes as the 5 p.m. CT deadline for Akin to quit the race looms.
The campaign remains adamant that Akin will stay in the race, despite urging from the GOP hierarchy, including Mitt Romney.
"In the words of Churchill, Todd will never, never, never, never quit," spokesman Rick Tyler told ABC News. The campaign is encouraged by the first sign of outside help since Akin's disastrous comments in August that women don't become pregnant from "legitimate rape."
Several Republican PACs also withdrew their financial support, despite the fact that Missouri could be crucial to GOP hopes of winning control of the Senate.
But DeMint's group has recently polled its members asking them, "Knowing that Todd Akin will face Claire McCaskill in November and the race could decide control of the Senate, should the Senate Conservatives Fund endorse Akin and help him raise the support he needs to win?"
Executive Director Matt Hoskins told ABC News today, "Circumstances have changed in two important ways … the deadline has passed. He is the Republican candidate, he will be on the ballot. And the choice is between him and Claire McCaskill."
In his email to PAC members, Hoskins write, "The race in Missouri appears to still be winnable."
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Be better if they both won and we work towards fixing the country.
Of course ABC news will gladly report that Republicans will now give money to akin. They want to make sure women voters know which party supports his gynecological ramblings.
If only Akin had said only 47% of women get pregnant during rape. Then the Repubs would’ve let him slide.
They ask everyone to hold their nose and vote for Mitt, so why will they not do the same?
Just donated $100 directly to Akin’s campaign.
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