The Republican nominee would not be down by 2 if Todd Akin had acted appropriately and stepped aside rather than in the interests of his own ego.
So what!!!!! Our own Republicans shot him down as much as the rats. Great thinking for such a small stupid remark. I have never seen so many totally ignorant stupid in the party as we have. Numb nuts, most of them. Why do you think we lose so much to lying rat faces.
Stepping aside would have been the wrong move and would have almost guaranteed a Dem victory.
I stand with Akin. And I appreciate Gingrich’s support for him, too.
Yeh he'd be down by 10 and more because the Missouri electorate would not support a candidate that they believe was chosen in some backroom deal by party bosses.
Second, if he had stepped down, the GOPe would have replaced him with the candidate of THEIR choosing - not necessarily the person who finished second in the primary.
And third, whoever the GOPe chose to run in Todd's place would not have received votes from many of his supporters (myself included) who wanted him to stay in the race because a) he won, and b) of his long-standing principles and conservative voting record.
Why do conservatives always circle the firing squads on our own? When will we learn to forgive and learn from past mistakes, and move forward into the future? I fear the 2012 election is our last chance to get that right.
Todd Akin for US Senate!!!
The Republican nominee would not be down by 2 if Todd Akin had acted appropriately and stepped aside rather than in the interests of his own ego.
Thank God this patriot didn’t listen to your liberal nonsense.
Says who? The two other candidates would not have been allowed to run in his stead had he stepped down, so we'd be facing a known incumbent with an unkown someone that wasn't even in the R primary. That sounds like a winning strategy to you? That sounds like a guaranteed McCatkill re-election strategy to me.