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I agree. The best chance for the Missouri Senate seat is with a write-in candidate

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  August 24th, 2012 at 12:49 AM  | 

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Determined, isn’t he?

Quite frankly, the actions of Todd Akin and his campaign have angered me these last few days.? It reeks of stubborness, spin, and contradiction, citing cooked polls to keep him in the race, fundraising numbers that are probably buoyed by Democrats, the list goes on.? Akin’s stubbornness from his time in Congress is documented.? The problem is, stubbornness is a double-edged sword.

For those concerned that this could split the conservative vote, what do we have to lose?? Akin is going to lose big in a heads-up contest with McCaskill.? Kit Bond and Jim Talent come to mind right away.? John Brunner and Sarah Steelman cannot be a write-in candidate because a sore loser law prevents that in Missouri. Bottom-line, name recognition is a very vital element to a successful write-in campaign.? .The only one other than the two names I mentioned that would have decent name recognition would be popular state auditor Tom Schweich.

However, Bond is in his 70s now and I would have to believe he wants to stay retired.? That would leave Jim Talent, who only lost by two points to McCaskill in 2006 which was an awful political climate for the GOP.? Talent wouldn’t be bad at all.

The only one other than the two names I mentioned that would have decent name recognition would be popular state auditor Tom Schweich.? Schweich wouldn’t be a bad selection either.? I have to believe that a write-in candidate will emerge in September after the convention.

Of course this will probably make a few Akin supporters angry.? In my humble opinion though, Todd Akin and his campaign no longer deserve the Senate seat of Missouri and judging by today’s poll in Rasmussen, the people of Missouri are saying the same thing and willing to re-elect a quite unpopular incumbent over him.

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  • http://travismonitor.blogspot.com Freedoms Truth

    “Quite frankly, the actions of Todd Akin and his campaign have angered me these last few days. It reeks of stubborness, spin, and contradiction, citing cooked polls to keep him in the race, fundraising numbers that are probably buoyed by Democrats, the list goes on. Akin?s stubbornness from his time in Congress is documented. The problem is, stubbornness is a double-edged sword.”

    Bravo.

    He is NOT acting like a man of deep conservative conviction. He IS acting like a selfish careerist politician who is looking out for #1 – his own career.

    Damned if he will listen to commen sense, a vast wave of conservatives and Republicans, etc.

    I can certainly understand the reluctance to ‘go after’ one of our own. I share that. But here’s what I usually do in these situations. I ask myself if it’s fair to demand this of Akin, by assessing what I would do if I were in his shoes. Would I have the honor, humility and sense to step aside, and give up a prize I was trying so hard to get?

    I think I would, because I would be thinking of the bigger picture; it’s not about one person. They are not our public masters but our public SERVANTS, and I am struck by how much sacrifice the little folks in the party make in order NOT to advance their own selfish interests, but to patriotically make America a better place.

    Yet those career politicians – like Akin – forget that. They forget that we in the party who work for candidates have a right to demand standards of those candidates – and when those candidates let us down, they need to be held accountable. Where is the patriotism, loyalty to principles and party in what Akin has done? Where most of all is the accountability?!?

    Akin cuts a sorry 30 second ad, runs it using money he collects (from Democrats and rubes) based on “tell the Party Bosses to go suck an egg!” – where’s the contrition in that?!? He is using people to put forward a lie. This guy has been an elected official since the 1980s. And its not ‘bosses’ telling him to quit – it’s everyone.

    RAS POLL confirms reality: Akin is down 10 points.

    After making a world class verbal flub, he is done. Toast. If it wanst such a big flub that would cost him the seat, it would be one thing. But it will. It’s time he put his pride aside and started doing what is right for all those who voted for him.

    • sayoung80913

      In this case, the “crime”being sheer stupidity, and the “cover up” being more stupidity, taking money from democrats to run an even stupider ad, telling Claire to drop out because she couldn’t get to fifty percent after his ludicrous behavior (ONLY down ten? That’s nothing I tells ya). I hope the people of Missouri dump this guy on his butt, if the seat is lost anyway, his constituents whom he ignored by turning off his phone lines and email capability should teach him a very thorough lesson about foolish pride, a massively over inflated ego, and selfishness. Write in Bond’s name, after a year or so if he is elected, he could easily step down for health reasons or whatever(once Obamacare is gone) and a special election could then take place.

  • SoFiMil

    Akin can still believe he didn’t say anything near deserving of withdrawing from the race, that he can still win, etc. He was asked by the rank-and-file leaders to step aside. That’s the over-riding factor for this particular situation.

    • SoFiMil

      …it’s not just the rank-and-file members who are asking Congressman Akin to step aside.

  • volunteerstate

    Split the vote between Akin and a write in. Or possibly encourage Republicans to vote for McCaskill as a protest ? ? Maybe, just keep attacking the Republican candidate for his mis-statements (which, by the way, he has retracted and apologized for). This guy is way too conservative.
    SARCASM, btw.

  • wbf

    I agree that it is likely that a write-in candidate will emerge.