Will Akin stay or go?

[Likely Voter]

MO Sen. candidate Todd Akin said today he "isn't a quitter" but Crossroads and the GOP are pulling money out and a number of Republicans are calling for him to pull out.

Here is what NRSCC chairman Cornyn said in a statement

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Anyone else get a Mob 'bad things could happen' vibe from that statement?

[Likely Voter]

i suspect his campaign is true believers. I think his wife is his campaign manager.

[Likely Voter]

McCaskill is in a funny position. She spent money to manipulate the GOP race to get Akin in, all in hopes that he would do something stupid. But it worked so well that he may stupid himself right out of the race. So now she has to strangely defend his right to be in the race.

I dont envy MO voters with their choice between these two

[Likely Voter]

There must be some time limit to get on the ballot. Seems a bit late. What are the rules?

The party (and crossroads) could always pick someone for a write in campaign (ala 2010 AK Murkowski) but it would have to be someone who already had statewide name recogntion and good ratings. Not sure who that would be.

[Likely Voter]

Of course MO isn't AK. It may have a big lean to R but not AK level. Claire would probably easily win in a three way race with two Republicans. Akin should be able to hold on to most evangelicals, and that would be that.

Instead of a new candidate, I bet a new SuperPac will emerge in support of Akin that suddenly has a ton of undisclosed money. That way the establishment can pretend they arent backing Akin.