The reason I think Todd Akin will NOT drop out of the senate race

[Tx4obama]

... is because he has nothing to lose.

If he drops out he can't go back to his seat in The House, he is not on the November ballot.

Akin has been in the U.S. House since 2001.

Before that he was in the Missouri State House: 85th District 1989–1993 and 86th District 1993–2001

His previous occupation was: Engineer, plant manager

Akin is 65 years old, so if he leaves with his tail between his legs the only thing left for him would be retirement.


Todd Akin's bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_akin

[The empressof all]

1. I agree

And when push comes to shove the Right wing money will continue to pour in. If he's elected despite all this he can parlay this into becoming power player with this name recognition. Worked well for other crazy politicians in the past.

[shanen]

2. You mean there actually are limits that are TOO far even for the neo-GOP lunatics?

I basically have two comments on this topic:

(1) Considering many of the things that these lunatics have been saying, I am amazed that they think this one is too far. I don't believe their contrition is sincere, but they are just scared to death of the women voters.

(2) I don't believe this guy suddenly went over the edge and just now became unacceptable. I think he's been a national embarrassment for years and never should have been claiming to represent ANYONE in the House of so-called Representatives. It's just that the Senate campaign made him visible.

In conclusion, I still think that President Obama should start punching down at such lunatics and trying to make them nationally visible. Romney may be stupid enough to defend some of them, and the neo-GOP will pour money into rat holes trying to defend such people as Steve King (defender of dog fighting), Michele Bachmann (wannabee McCarthyist communist hunter), Allen West (who I personally regard as an insane Oreo cookie, because so much of what he says would be dismissed as racist invective if he was any other color), Louie Gohmert (who is so insane he makes Allen West look almost sane by comparison), and a host of other raging neo-GOP lunatics who have no business in Congress.

Today's neo-GOP is NOT Ike's GOP or Lincoln's Republican Party. Teddy Roosevelt must be spinning in his grave.

Vote Nixon/Goldwater 2012!

[Cosmocat]

4. You literally cannot even being to name the off the wall lunatic Rs

in the HOUSE alone ...

[TroyD]

11. Eisenhower

I think you're right that Eisenhower was the last good Republican President. I wasn't around in the 50's, but my grandmother was and she says Eisenhower got a lot of support from Democrats. Of course today Eisenhower wouldn't be able to run for the GOP since he would be considered a liberal traitor.

He even had the guts to call out the military-industrial complex in his retirement speech in January 1961.

After Eisenhower retired, the whole party went downhill. The next Republican President after him was Nixon, and it went from there . . .

[Marsala]

3. But the GOP may be offering him "wingnut welfare", i.e. some cushy think-tank job or something

It's certainly illegal to do so openly but they are probably implying it. They're desperate.

[cr8tvlde]

5. Think tank? He has to be able to think, first, even for the GOP.

This sadly appears to be a washed-up has been who is desperate, the more I read about him. All the other R candidates were at least marginally intelligent. He's willing to take the party down with him, no doubt.

[lastlib]

8. They mean "thinking" by GOP standards--not necessarily human thinking...

[brooklynite]

6. My wife was suggesting the MO GOP could buy him off...

...with some other position once the heat dies down.

[Tx4obama]

7. Akin's final decision to drop out or not will probably depend on how much money he raises

by tomorrow afternoon.

Hopefully all the extreme GOPers will send him some money and he will remain McCaskill's opponent.

I'm sure that is what Claire is hoping for

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Excellent points. It's amazing to me how quickly...like lightening quick

they threw him under the bus.

Amazingly, despite it all, I thought his apology/retraction was pretty damn good.

[Jack Rabbit]

10. Retirement wouldn't be such a bad thing

Frankly, I think all Republican office holders should live in retirement.

[hamsterjill]

12. Then will the Republicans send him off to some "prayer camp" for a weekend?

If he stays in the race (which I hope he does), how will they fix the rift between him and the other Republicans? Serious question. I mean, Reince Priebus is on record as saying he doesn't even want Akin at the convention. (Last night on Erin Burnett on CNN).

I'm picturing a Ted Haggard-type of addiction recovery stay, etc. Some type of "compassion training"??? All is forgiven in 30 days?

[SoapBox]

13. Agree. nt

[Coyotl]

14. Maybe they know something Stalinesque that we don't know

Like, it is who counts the votes that matters, nothing else.

http://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/map.php?&ec=allall&year=2012&state=Missouri