National GOP pulls funding from Todd Akin’s Missouri race

[IDemo]

Source: Washington Post

National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (R-Tex.) informed Rep. Todd Akin on Monday that the national GOP will not spend money to help elect him to the Senate after Akin’s controversial comments about “legitimate rape,” according to an NRSC aide.

Cornyn also told Akin that, by staying in the race, he is endangering Republicans’ hopes of retaking the majority in the Senate, the aide said.

Akin had refused to withdraw his Senate campaign earlier Monday as Republicans, hoping to contain damage to the party brand, stampeded away from the staunch anti-abortion Senate candidate after he used the phrase “legitimate rape” in talking about abortion and pregnancy.

Akin, who has become a flash point of the 2012 campaign, responded to Republicans’ calls for him to drop out during an interview Monday with Mike Huckabee on his radio show.



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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. It's over for Akin, all except for the shouting. nt

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

2. So are they pulling funding from the Romney/Ryan campaign?

The only difference between Ryan and Akin is that Akin is too much of a dumb fuck to keep his mouth shut.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

4. This, times 1000

The entire GOP should shut down.

[Historic NY]

3. KKKRove has pumped in a lot of money....

too bad suckers.

[rocktivity]

8. See post #6.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014200753#post6


rocktivity

[Flashmann]

5. Surely

There is a laundry list of like minded shitstains ready to take up the cause....

[rocktivity]

6. Floor, meet OTHER shoe.

The first one dropped when Rove's organization said they were pulling out (link).


rocktivity

[yardwork]

7. The GOP platform is just like Todd Akin's comments.

The GOP is saying that it's ok to pass laws that match what Todd Akin said - which is that women deserve no rights over their bodies but need to allow politicians to decide what is best for us - but it's not ok to actually say it. Or something.

[hamsterjill]

18. Exactly!

n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. They couldn't throw him under the bus fast enough.

Problem is, a lot of them - including, apparently, Paul Ryan - actually think the way Akin does. He was just dumb enough to come right out and say it.

I hope the Dems hang Akins' moldering corpse around Ryan's neck. As we all know, Ryan and Akin co-sponsored H.R. 3, which used the term "forcible rape" to describe the sort of rape for which an abortion could be allowed. As if any other kind of rape was sort of OK and the woman probably asked for it anyhow so she can't have an abortion.

They can't allow the GOPers to slither away from Akin and his medieval ideology so easily.

[Coyotl]

11. Ryan and Akin cosponsered the "forcible rape" definition in Congress.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125173320

[Volaris]

10. They pulled his national party funding...

NOT because he really is helping to wage a social war on women's progress and the issues related to it, but but because he got CAUGHT doing it. This was part of the Party Strategy for this year, (we think there are enough social loons out there that will still vote for us, if we just blow the dog whistle loud enough) but it has gotten out of control, and they are finding out that there are a lot less of the loons than there were 15 years ago. The reason is probably closely related to the rise in acceptance of GLBT Rights, because they are both about sexual and sexuality Rights, and to any GOP trolls who might come across this, the 2 are pretty much inseparable. You guys picked a bad battle to lose anyway, what makes it worse for you is your inability to see the connectedness of one to the other.

[Coyotl]

13. But, with secret money ....

[flamingdem]

12. hang in there Todd, we luvvv you n/t

[Blanks]

14. I hope Akin is gone soon.

We need to get back to talking about how Ryan was 'the Stimulus Program Champion' during the Bush years.

I don't think this guy is as damaging to R/R as they are to themselves. Unfortunately, the fact that the republicans are kicking his ass to the curb; could easily be viewed as a 'good thing' that they are doing. So in the PR war, I think the candidates may actually get a bump (or at least not a dip) at a time when the pressure could have been kept on them on other issues.

In the end they'll probably still have the seat in Missouri, and the republicans look like they don't tolerate bad folks in their ranks.

This almost seems like a Rovian maneuver to keep the talk away from Romney's tax returns. Just chalk Akin up to a sacrificial lamb, like Ollie North.

[riverbendviewgal]

16. I think Democrats can talk about both

Romney's Income tax returns and abortion need to talked about EVERY DAY. Let's bring up Ryan being the other half of the abortion law Akin and he presented...They believe in the same things and are against women.

[Blanks]

20. I agree that we can.

However, he seems to have dominated the conversation here for a couple of days. I feel like we've been kind of head faked on this one.

They're the ones who actually took action on an issue that we were extremely outraged about. Granted, we weren't in any position to do anything about it but complain, but we did a lot of complaining.

The entity that takes action is going to be viewed as the 'go getter' entity. In this case that's the republican party.

I think they flanked us on this; we were all appropriately outraged. We spent quite a bit of time getting (and being) outraged, and then they essentially did the right thing.

I wonder if they baited us, or just reacted appropriately. Whatever they did it took a lot of heat off R/R for a couple of days; gave them an opportunity to regroup. Distance themselves from this guy. I even think this action played to more than just the base.

If this was orchestrated by Rove, I think we fell for it. Remember his PAC pulled out before the DNC. Where did this story originate?

[Heywood J]

29. "pulled out before the DNC"?

"I think they flanked us on this"?
"I think we fell for it"?
"they essentially did the right thing"?
"we did a lot of complaining"?

[Blanks]

30. Sorry, too many letters threw me off: RNC.

It's just my opinion. I'm seeing a lot of discussion on this. We are all appropriately outraged, but the republicans are the only ones capable of taking any action toward him, and they seem to be willing to take the action.

It seems like a majority of the threads are 'Akin related' and that's quite a distraction when the republicans have already demonstrated that they're ready to throw him under the bus.

In the end; all that we can really ask of them is to not support him; they've said they're not gonna (except Huckabee).

The only reason that horse is still moving is because we're still beating it. At this point it's a distraction from other issues. Romney didn't get this much breathing room from picking a running mate. Again, where did this story originate?

It seems to be what everyone is talking about, and he's toast. Yet, we're still 'complaining' about him. It seems like he is a distraction that they 'fed us'.

I could be wrong, but i dont think we're swaying swing voters to the democrats with this discussion. Romney can step forward and save us all from this 'evil Akin', and that's probably what's going to happen.

Seems like a setup to me.

[tridim]

15. How dare he speak the truth about the GOP platform.

Unbelievable.

[BeyondGeography]

17. The machine says no to the movement

It's a big deal. Really.

[Snarkoleptic]

19. Does anyone in Missouri have a hunch who will take his spot on the ballot?

It's never too early to begin the hatchet work!

[underpants]

21. He will be on the ballot - they are just cutting national funding to him

I would say SEE YA BYE! but it wouldn't surprise me if the "Pro-Life" nutjobs throw money at him. Hell look at how much money the same basic crowd threw at a murderer like George Zimmerman.

[surrealAmerican]

22. Will they do this every time ...

... one of their candidates says something ignorant and offensive?


Would they have any candidates left if they did?

[Iliyah]

23. Thats OK Akin, you got the so called "Christian" coalition

coming to your rescue with tons of money and lots of hateful love. Maybe just maybe this is nail that separates the GOP party and creates a fighting fractions among them. One can only hope.

[DallasNE]

24. Romney And Republicans Has Been Struggling With Women All Year

And Akin has been their worst nightmare by adding clarity to the issues important to women.

[cr8tvlde]

25. Nothing like a rape faux pas to get women's attention

and hopefully at least get those undecideds to make the difference.

[_Liann_]

26. Chick-Fil-A can pass him some secret cash.

[craigmatic]

27. I'm glad Claire got a break like this.

[cstanleytech]

28. Wanna bet they get their contacts to setup secret PACs to support him?

[bushisanidiot]

31. Love it!

hahaha!