the deadline has passed....todd akin is the republican senate candidate

[spanone]

they OWN him

he OWNS them

[LiberalLoner]

1. You know what is really effing scary though? He will probably win. :( I want to cry.

[spanone]

3. we'll see. he won't have the party support, unless they decide he's worth the baggage

which wouldn't surprise me one bit

[ProgressiveEconomist]

14. The 6-wk deadline for MO ballot changes is Sep 25. IMO all the Akin funding

he had before--plus a lot more--will be back on September 26th if Republican deep pockets can't bribe Akin to quit before then.

[RainDog]

4. Yeah. But nationally, he is a disaster for the Republican Party

And his candidacy helps to keep Paul Ryan's association with the religious right wing nutcase faction front and center.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

8. Yup

Missouri will likely be proud to display their stupidity on this one.

[Panasonic]

2. Next step is to link every single Republican to Akin

Which is easy enough to do.

The DNC should be blaring out that Akin is cancerous and have the exact same ideology as Paul Ryan, Rmoney's VP.

[spanone]

6. it's hard to believe that the republican party has so little control over their candidates

it's frightening

teabaggers, extreme right wing, rules

[loyalsister]

13. Inside Missouri I have come across this mentality and it has been present in some GOP bills

The curtain has been pulled back and a lot of republicans are going to suffer if they don't throw him under the bus.

[Ezlivin]

5. It's consensual

The Republicans are easy like that.

[cloudythescribbler]

7. priebus said something about the GOP working for "a candidate" but not Akin ...

what is the deadline for the GOP uniting behind someone else w/o Akin's cooperation, including by write in?

I am confident the natl GOP will outflank Akin one way or another; worst case (for them) scenario is that they divide the vote with a write-in and fail to take the seat, but protect the national brand name of the Republicans, which Akin has at least conceivably threatened

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. State deadline to change the candidate is 6 weeks before

and with a court order - Rachel was talking about this last night. Tonight was the 11 week deadline to not have to pay fees, but the fees aren't Akin's problem. The RNC or NRSC will pick those up.

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. The money backed off, but it will be back in October

once this blows over. Brace for it - they need this seat badly.

[spanone]

10. i agree. they have no principles. they want to win. period.

[DontTreadOnMe]

12. It's a blessing from God!

TGTPA!

Thank God they picked Aikin!

[Doctor_J]

17. In what way?

How do you foresee this helping us?

[DontTreadOnMe]

18. Everything is a blessing from God

didn't you know that? Everything is all planned from God.....

[panader0]

15. I glad he stayed--he's a wedge in the GOP

[Doctor_J]

16. He will win comfortably

maybe a landslide. i am expecting a thread from the "Repukes are imploding by being too radical" DU pollyannas, apologizing to those of us who know better. David Vitter, Rick Scott, Darrell Issa, and a host of other felons have been elected to major offices...over-the-top misogyny will barely dent this guy's vote total.

If this guy called himself a Dem, he would have been hounded out of the race in 24 hrs.

No media realignment - no hope for Dems

[Snarkoleptic]

19. In related news, the GOP is now adorned with an albatross.