Tea party rogue AKINS Tonight: “I have just begun to fight, and I’m in this race to the end!”
Tea party rogue: Todd Akin defies GOP bosses by staying in race
By James Rainey
August 20, 2012, 7:29 p.m.
The Republican Party has ridden ideological, anti-government fervor to a number of victories, particularly in the 2010 midterm election. But the political dangers created by the free-wheeling, anti-authoritarian movement have come into full view in the person of rogue U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin.
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But as of Monday evening, Akin appeared determined to remain in the race against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). His intransigence came despite clear signals — from the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, its Senate leader, its party chairman, one of its most powerful independent fundraising engines and even a leading tea party umbrella group — that he needed to get out as soon as possible.
“I am in this race to win,” Akin said via Twitter on Monday afternoon. “We need a conservative Senate. Help me defeat Claire by donating.” The micro-blog message included a link to an Akin fundraising site. Just before 8 p.m. Eastern time, Akin reiterated that stance in an email blast to the media.
“I have just begun to fight,” it read, “and I’m in this race to the end!”
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-tea-party-rogue-todd-akin-defies-gop-bosses-by-staying-in-race-20120820,0,2576285.story
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They've got foot in mouth disease.
