Breaking - Huckabee Announces Akin will STAY

[TroyD]

Gov. Mike Huckabee ‏@GovMikeHuckabee

EXCLUSIVE: Todd Akin announces on my radio show that he will remain in the Missouri Senate Race.


https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee

[pinto]

1. CNN's saying he's going to stay in...from sources.

[TroyD]

2. CNN says Akin will stay in

https://twitter.com/cnnbrk

[TroyD]

3. Akin Tells Huckabee he's staying in!

EXCLUSIVE: Todd Akin announces on my radio show that he will remain in the Missouri Senate Race.

https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee

[iamthebandfanman]

4. oh goody!

i hope he defends him, and uses religion to do so!

[SoapBox]

5. Him staying, is like RMoney not releasing his taxes...

The Party of Thug, Bully and Bagger is taking a stand!

No more taxes for the damned Libs to look through...and we WILL put women in their place and rape if we choose. Besides, they gots to get that danged NON-white Kenyan, out of THEIR White House.

Sickening what has happened to America.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Best news I've heard in some time!

[David__77]

7. The Republicans are without principle, pulling support from him.

He said nothing inconsistent with their ideology. His mistake was not understanding female biology. I'll be honest and say I even have female friends who held this weird mystical idea, thinking that if they were the victim of rape, their own body would somehow "reject" pregnancy. There's no basis for it empirically, of course.

But the key thing he expressed was that he believes abortion is murder, and it should be illegal to abort under any circumstances. For that, the Republican elite are after him.

[Berlin Expat]

14. That's because

he broke the first rule of Wingnut Club: You do not talk about Wingnut Club!

[AtomicKitten]

8. Hooray!

[Skarbrowe]

9. How soon can we see some fresh polls out of Missouri? n/t

Nevermind. Just came across this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/todd-aikin-claire-mccaskill-poll_n_1814849.html?ref=election-2012-blog&icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec3_lnk1%26pLid%3D195381

We are so screwed as a country.

[Botany]

12. What are you talking about

Clare was 11 points down and now she is tied and the RNC and Karl Rove have pulled
all their money from Todd A.

[Skarbrowe]

22. Oops, my mistake...

At the time I posted those poll numbers, I didn't know she had been down eleven points. Until this Akin mess, I hadn't been on top of the race in Missouri. All I knew was that Claire's seat might be in danger. When I saw that they were tied after his god awful, unbelievable comments, I realized that stupid is what stupid does and there are a lot of stupid people out there that will vote for them.

edited because I should never post as I'm running out the door.. way too many mistakes..

[Coyotl]

10. Is this a "legitimate" choice, or was his decision "forcible"

[Zambero]

11. So if future polling data shows Akin as still competitive...

will the GOP funding apparatus and their PACs revist yesterday's decision to stop funding his campaign? If so, any remaining pretense of "principle" will have fully evaporated.

[Brother Buzz]

16. That, my friend, is the $64,000 question

[Skittles]

20. of course they will

they'll be back pimping for Akin in no time

[MgtPA]

13. Excellent!

[budkin]

15. Woohoo!

The Senate remains with us!

[Flatpicker]

17. I used to

Kind of like Huckabee.

My mistake. He's become such a toad.

[marble falls]

18. Great news ........ for McCaskill. Run Todd, run!

[blkmusclmachine]

19. How long til the GOP demands that women wear burquas?

You know it's coming.

I give it 10 years TOPS ..

[caseymoz]

21. Why not presume he'll stay until he goes?

He's now running in a dead heat with McCaskill since this came out, so of course he thinks he can still win.

Sounds like bad news, but being from that state (MO), I have to say it's the first time I thought McCaskill had any chance at all.

[underpants]

23. How does this sell more chicken sandwiches*

* chicken sandwiches WITH a pickle .....................and a side of hate