Todd Akin Defies Mitt Romney and Stays in Missouri Senate Race

[pnwmom]

Source: ABC News

A defiant Rep. Todd Akin today rejected calls from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan to drop out of the Missouri Senate race over his controversial comments about rape and pregnancy.

Akin let a 6 p.m. ET (5 p.m. CT) deadline pass without withdrawing his name from the ballot.

"As of 5 p.m. there's been no withdrawal filed," the secretary of state's office told ABC News. "[Akin] would have to have a court order now to get off the ballot."

Akin can still drop out of the race. Under Missouri law, he has until Sept. 25 to obtain a court order for his withdrawal, but it would require Akin to pay for a reprinting of ballots.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/todd-akin-defies-mitt-romney-stays-missouri-senate/story?id=17048232#.UDQOBo73CYM

[JoePhilly]

1. "Mitt's not the boss of me!!!"

[subject]

9. aaaahahahahha

LMAO!

[Xipe Totec]

2. \0/ nt

[_Liann_]

3. Republicans: Rapists Best friends

http://haterosexuals.blogspot.com/2012/08/republicans-rapists-best-friends.html

[Viva_Daddy]

4. Akin's fate is now in the hands of Missourians.

Let's hope they abort this SOB in November.

[randome]

5. Now we know who's really in charge of the GOP. No one.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Repubs will funnel money to him

Don't believe their lies.

[Coyotl]

14. Rove can use the billions that disappeared in Iraq

[wordpix]

7. you go, Todd! Defy that Rmoney flip flopper, you're a man of convictions

[johnnyrocket]

8. GOP: Pro-Life...or Pro-Rape?

[Cha]

13. Exactly, johnnyrocket! Todd Akin is now The

front and center reminder of the cruelty of the gopious platform and the WAR ON WOMEN.

[Tx4obama]

10. Kick n/t

[PD Turk]

11. A civil war within the GOP?

We can only hope

[randome]

12. They are already in one. The Tea Party is fracturing them.

In a year, maybe two, we will see Democrats and Republicans fighting the Tea Party. Because otherwise, the GOP will cease to exist.

[nolabear]

15. Way to lead that party, Bishop.

I suggest shunning.

[Coyotl]

16. On to Florida!! It is going to be a real Tampax of a Convention ...

With a special focus on the #WaronWomen

[Amonester]

18. And Isaac might show up.

My liberal relatives live there.

[tularetom]

17. He may be an idiot but Akin has the republican party by the short and curlies

For all the talk of pulling funds from his campaign and letting him twist in the wind, they are not going to do that and he knows it. They need to win that seat if they have any hope of regaining the majority in the senate. Rinsed Penis, Karl Rove, Mitt Romney and all the other "mainstream" republicans who called for him to drop out have egg on their faces big time. They tried to pull a bluff and Akin called them out. They've been dissed in front of the whole world.

Romney is now a substantially weakened candidate, and Penis appears to lack any clout whatsoever as party chairman.

This could not have played out any better.

[randome]

21. I think you have it right!

[David__77]

19. Why would Akin take moral direction from someone who has no firm position on anything?

In the 90s, Romney was telling his personal story about a relative that died from an illegal abortion, citing this as a reason to keep abortion legal. Now he sings another tune. Who knows what he really thinks, if he indeed cares one way or the other. At least Akin has a fixed set of principles.

[Kalidurga]

20. Akin is the new face of the GOP.

The pro rape party. Now it is time to name names, get the names of the GOPers that voted on the redefining rape bill, get them out to the public. It's time to make a commercial about their anti-choice, anti-women platform.