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« Reply #150 on: September 03, 2012, 10:08:48 PM »



You'd think a campaign in such desperation mode would use spell check!

...that's the card Akin is playing? Really? Sorry but I don't think donors are going to make the connection. Too loose.
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« Reply #151 on: September 03, 2012, 10:10:43 PM »

I wonder how many people are donating to both Akin and the "corrupt party bosses" Tongue
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« Reply #152 on: September 04, 2012, 09:36:17 AM »



You'd think a campaign in such desperation mode would use spell check!

...that's the card Akin is playing? Really? Sorry but I don't think donors are going to make the connection. Too loose.

If Republican rank-and-file cede their right to pick nominees to the establishment in Washington, then Charlie Crist will be the type of "Republican" they select. The seemlessness of Crist's transition from "Republican" to "Independent" to liberal Democrat ought to be an eyeopener to the rank-and-file.
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« Reply #153 on: September 04, 2012, 10:11:01 AM »



You'd think a campaign in such desperation mode would use spell check!

...that's the card Akin is playing? Really? Sorry but I don't think donors are going to make the connection. Too loose.

If Republican rank-and-file cede their right to pick nominees to the establishment in Washington, then Charlie Crist will be the type of "Republican" they select. The seemlessness of Crist's transition from "Republican" to "Independent" to liberal Democrat ought to be an eyeopener to the rank-and-file.

I'm not disagreeing that Crist/Crist types are typically the choices of the bosses and that the rank and file members shouldn't cede their right to choose (look who you're talking to here). I'm questioning the use of the Crist example as a contribution strategy. I just don't think people are going to make the connection (even politically saavy donors in Missouri).
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« Reply #154 on: September 04, 2012, 11:50:11 AM »



You'd think a campaign in such desperation mode would use spell check!

You'd think that the "Christian" Todd Akin would be able to spot that, spell check or no!
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« Reply #155 on: September 04, 2012, 12:58:53 PM »



You'd think a campaign in such desperation mode would use spell check!

What pray tell would the spellchecker flag?
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« Reply #156 on: September 04, 2012, 04:40:06 PM »



You'd think a campaign in such desperation mode would use spell check!
Spell check is probably what made the mistake.
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« Reply #157 on: September 21, 2012, 02:46:48 AM »

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/newt-gingrich-fundraising-for-todd-akin-monday/

Is Akin really staying in the race?
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« Reply #158 on: September 21, 2012, 06:11:24 AM »


I think it's safe to say he is at this point. Pretty hilarious.
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« Reply #159 on: September 21, 2012, 08:52:36 AM »

I think it's been clear for awhile that he's staying in...
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« Reply #160 on: September 24, 2012, 09:37:56 PM »

Today is the final deadline for Akin to get out....
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« Reply #161 on: September 25, 2012, 06:34:27 PM »

The scary thing is, Akin may still win this.
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« Reply #162 on: September 25, 2012, 06:48:35 PM »

The scary thing is, Akin may still win this.

I'd put his chances at about 35%. A clear chance, but he's still an underdog atm.
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« Reply #163 on: September 25, 2012, 10:32:39 PM »

The scary thing is, Akin may still win this.

I'd put his chances at about 35%. A clear chance, but he's still an underdog atm.

He's still the underdog, but his gaffs have not been fatal.  He's closing. 
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« Reply #164 on: September 25, 2012, 10:36:11 PM »

I'm seriously getting an Intrade account just so I can buy Akin.
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« Reply #165 on: September 26, 2012, 02:23:36 AM »

I'm seriously getting an Intrade account just so I can buy Akin.
What's his money?

Yeah I can still see him pulling it out eventually, though McCaskill's chances are probably around 70% and increasing.
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« Reply #166 on: September 26, 2012, 06:45:26 AM »

The scary thing is, Akin may still win this.

I'd put his chances at about 35%. A clear chance, but he's still an underdog atm.

He's still the underdog, but his gaffs have not been fatal.  He's closing. 

Where's the evidence of that?
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« Reply #167 on: September 26, 2012, 08:11:35 PM »

The scary thing is, Akin may still win this.

I'd put his chances at about 35%. A clear chance, but he's still an underdog atm.

He's still the underdog, but his gaffs have not been fatal.  He's closing. 

Where's the evidence of that?

JJ's fourth rule of elections.
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« Reply #168 on: September 27, 2012, 05:03:40 PM »

Akin, still a sexist creep: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/27/akin-mccaskill-more-ladylike-in-last-election/
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« Reply #169 on: September 27, 2012, 05:23:29 PM »
« Edited: September 27, 2012, 05:29:03 PM by J. J. »

The scary thing is, Akin may still win this.

I'd put his chances at about 35%. A clear chance, but he's still an underdog atm.

He's still the underdog, but his gaffs have not been fatal.  He's closing. 

Where's the evidence of that?

The polls that we're listing under the polling section. 

https://uselectionatlas.org/POLLS/SENATE/2012/polls.php?fips=29&class=1

We're now listing it as a tossup (though I'd question the R+1)

J. J's Fourth Rule of ElectionsRead the current polling before commenting on it.
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« Reply #170 on: September 27, 2012, 05:42:04 PM »

J. J's Fourth Rule of ElectionsRead the current polling before commenting on it.

Px's firtst rule of elections: follow your own goddamn rules if you want any of us to take you seriously.
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« Reply #171 on: September 27, 2012, 09:49:40 PM »

J. J's Fourth Rule of ElectionsRead the current polling before commenting on it.

Px's firtst rule of elections: follow your own goddamn rules if you want any of us to take you seriously.

Let me see if I can explain this to you Lyndon.

Late August, Rasmussen had Akin down by 10.  In September, Rasmussen had him down by 6.  That means that Akin is "closing."  See how that works?


All of that (including a Chilenski poll, that I don't really trust) is posted on the polling section that I previously linked.   If you click the link, you can read it for yourself.  You have have to move that little arrow over the link and click.

If you do that, you will notice that MO is now gray.  That is the color of a toss up; that means MO is closer (even though that is partly based on a poll I don't really trust).  I didn't change the color; I didn't take the poll. 

I was, in fact, rather surprised it was closing (and I don't trust that one poll).  Still, I looked at it, since when I first looked at the map, it lighter than the other states a few day ago.  I was very much surprised when someone questioned that the race was closing when the data said it was closing.

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« Reply #172 on: September 27, 2012, 11:51:14 PM »


Akin claims McCaskill's not "ladylike," eh?  Some male politicians just have no clue how to operate when their opponent is a competent female.  

We now have our answer to McCaskill's ad when she asked "What will he say next?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3wcMsb8GA
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« Reply #173 on: September 28, 2012, 08:36:20 AM »

     This may be the worst campaign gaffe since George Allen in 2006.

I thought his biological ovary defense system comment was far worse than the Macaca comment. 

I do not understand why the polls are closing.
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« Reply #174 on: September 28, 2012, 10:16:49 AM »

Wow! I must admit that came out of the blue and runs contrary to all the polling evidence.

http://blogs.courier-journal.com/politics/2012/09/27/sen-john-cornyn-says-gop-is-not-going-to-spend-money-to-help-missouri-senate-candidate-todd-akin/

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on Thursday that he does not intend to put money into the race of controversial Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin.

“We have no plans to do so,” Cornyn told The Courier-Journal in an interview just a short time ago.

“I just think that this is not a winnable race,” he said. “We have to make tough calculations based on limited resources and where to allocate it, where it will have the best likelihood of electing a Republican senator.”
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