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TroyD

(4,551 posts) Fri Aug 24, 2012, 03:58 PM Aug 2012

CNN Sources Say Akin Will Announce at 4:15 pm (CT) he is STAYING IN

CNN's Peter Hamby says he will STAY IN

Peter Hamby ?@PeterHambyCNN

Two sources tell me Todd Akin will remain in the Missouri Senate race.

http://twitter.com/PeterHambyCNN

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CNN Sources Say Akin Will Announce at 4:15 pm (CT) he is STAYING IN (Original Post) TroyD Aug 2012 OP

Todd Akin To Hold Press Conference At 5:15 EDT Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #1

Is he gearing up to take a greasy Friday news dump? Blue Owl Aug 2012 #2

CNN's Peter Hamby says he will STAY IN TroyD Aug 2012 #3

He already said that tularetom Aug 2012 #4

GOP likes their messages repeated over and over again at a 3rd grade level. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #8

WHEW flamingdem Aug 2012 #5

This just in, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead... Blue Idaho Aug 2012 #6

I realize this is the 2nd time he has said this . . . TroyD Aug 2012 #7

Oh gosh - not a dig at you... Blue Idaho Aug 2012 #12

I agree : ) TroyD Aug 2012 #13

With Huckabee's support, he'll probably stay in to the end Marsala Aug 2012 #9

Is this Legitimate? hamsterjill Aug 2012 #10

...meaning the story will stay live through the weekend. brooklynite Aug 2012 #11

Todd Akin: “We are going to be here through the November election" TroyD Aug 2012 #14

Pab Sungenis

(9,612 posts)

1. Todd Akin To Hold Press Conference At 5:15 EDT

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:02 PM

Aug 2012

http://www.mediaite.com/online/todd-akin-to-hold-press-conference-at-415-cst/

Missouri Senate Candidate Rep.Todd Akin will hold a press conference at 4:15 p.m. CDT (5:15 p.m. EDT). The details of the press conference are not known, but Akin has made waves with highly insensitive comments regarding rape. He has been hounded by conservative pundits and elected officials to drop out of his highly competitive Missouri Senate race and spent the later part of this week meeting with GOP officials, ostensibly to discuss his electoral future.

Blue Owl

(50,491 posts)

2. Is he gearing up to take a greasy Friday news dump?

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:03 PM

Aug 2012

n/t

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

3. CNN's Peter Hamby says he will STAY IN

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:04 PM

Aug 2012

Peter Hamby ?@PeterHambyCNN

Two sources tell me Todd Akin will remain in the Missouri Senate race.

https://twitter.com/PeterHambyCNN

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

4. He already said that

Reply to TroyD (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:08 PM

Aug 2012

Why would he hold a presser to say what everybody already knew?

Oh well we already know he ain't a MENSA member.

Guess I'll just have to wait and see WTF he has to say for himself.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

8. GOP likes their messages repeated over and over again at a 3rd grade level. n/t

Reply to tularetom (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:20 PM

Aug 2012

flamingdem

(39,320 posts)

5. WHEW

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:14 PM

Aug 2012

Blue Idaho

(5,057 posts)

6. This just in, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead...

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:14 PM

Aug 2012

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

7. I realize this is the 2nd time he has said this . . .

Reply to Blue Idaho (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:19 PM

Aug 2012

But for a moment people were thinking he might be withdrawing because of the bad Rasmussen poll.

And yet he's holding another Press Conference in an hour.

Blue Idaho

(5,057 posts)

12. Oh gosh - not a dig at you...

Reply to TroyD (Reply #7)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:41 PM

Aug 2012

I just think its hilarious if he is indeed re-announcing he's not quitting...

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

13. I agree : )

Reply to Blue Idaho (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:46 PM

Aug 2012

Hopefully it will cause more chaos for the GOP over the weekend..

Marsala

(2,090 posts)

9. With Huckabee's support, he'll probably stay in to the end

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:23 PM

Aug 2012

He could even still win... probably, hopefully not, of course.

hamsterjill

(15,223 posts)

10. Is this Legitimate?

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:24 PM

Aug 2012

Maybe the first time he said he was staying it, it wasn't "legitimate".

Either way, I hope he stays in. And I hope he continues to have press conferences because I do not want his stupidity forgotten!

brooklynite

(94,725 posts)

11. ...meaning the story will stay live through the weekend.

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:36 PM

Aug 2012

Another 48 hours lost to the Romney campaign.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

14. Todd Akin: “We are going to be here through the November election"

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 06:24 PM

Aug 2012

Friday, August 24, 2012 17:09 EDT

In a brief press conference on Friday afternoon, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) confirmed that he has no intention of stepping down as the Republican candidate for senator from Missouri and made it clear that he is not involved in any negotiations to do so.

“There are some people who are having trouble understanding my message,” Akin began. “We are going to be here through the November election. … There may be some negotiations, but they don’t include me.”

SNIP

“I may not be the favorite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/24/watch-live-akin-holds-press-conference-to-ask-for-support/

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