suitanim
08-22-2012, 10:55 AM
Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill is exceptionally vulnerable in Missouri, which has tilted quite a bit to the right recently. This is a seat the GOP expected to win and needs to win in order to retake the Senate. Even though Akin won a 3-way GOP runoff in the primary, he is also the candidate McCaskill MOST wanted to face because he's the most conservative, thereby the most vulnerable in a general.
(This is why it is a mistake, by the way, to nominate extremists in the GOP primaries. It's why "Wiccan Witch TEA Party favorite" Christine O'Donnell got trounced by Chris Coons in Delaware in her Senate race, and why Harry Reid retained his seat against Sharon Angle in Nevada.)
In fact, McCaskill SO wanted to run against Akin, she even ran campaign ads FOR him, telling voters just how conservative he really is. It seemed to work, since he won. (Here is one of the ads http://www.businessinsider.com/claire-mccaskill-todd-akin-missouri-senate-campaign-ad-2012-8 ).
Surprisingly, Missourians hate McCaskill so much that Akin HAD a comfortable lead over her, despite his extremism. Not now. This idiot goes on national TV, makes up some shit about rape, and is now running a dead tie with McCaskill. He should step down, and is being, um, encouraged to do so by everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Paul Ryan. Hopefully he will, but so far he's soldiering on.
Anyway, if he sticks in this race, he will almost certainly lose. And that means TWO seats elsewhere the GOP will have to make up. Hopefully, he will step down. He has already decided not to go to the convention. Hopefully this knucklehead does the right things and resigns the race...
(This is why it is a mistake, by the way, to nominate extremists in the GOP primaries. It's why "Wiccan Witch TEA Party favorite" Christine O'Donnell got trounced by Chris Coons in Delaware in her Senate race, and why Harry Reid retained his seat against Sharon Angle in Nevada.)
In fact, McCaskill SO wanted to run against Akin, she even ran campaign ads FOR him, telling voters just how conservative he really is. It seemed to work, since he won. (Here is one of the ads http://www.businessinsider.com/claire-mccaskill-todd-akin-missouri-senate-campaign-ad-2012-8 ).
Surprisingly, Missourians hate McCaskill so much that Akin HAD a comfortable lead over her, despite his extremism. Not now. This idiot goes on national TV, makes up some shit about rape, and is now running a dead tie with McCaskill. He should step down, and is being, um, encouraged to do so by everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Paul Ryan. Hopefully he will, but so far he's soldiering on.
Anyway, if he sticks in this race, he will almost certainly lose. And that means TWO seats elsewhere the GOP will have to make up. Hopefully, he will step down. He has already decided not to go to the convention. Hopefully this knucklehead does the right things and resigns the race...