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The Spectacle Blog
In an exclusive to The American Spectator, Sean Hannity has now called for Missouri GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin to withdraw from the Missouri Senate race.
Earlier this afternoon Hannity interviewed Akin, politely prodding Akin about the problems the Senate candidate will surely face over the next 79 days in the wake of his controversial rape remarks.
Now, interview over, Hannity has told TAS that he does indeed believe Akin should withdraw from the race.
This is big news.
The tide is quickly rising, and, to borrow from LBJ and his problem with Walter Cronkite on Vietnam, if Mr. Akin has lost Sean Hannity he’s losing conservatives.
Missouri is a key state — both for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, and for GOP control of the Senate.
Akin’s controversy is a reminder that with 79 days to go there is a belief in conservative circles that there is no margin for error — not to mention a self-inflicted wound of this type.
Stand by for the next 24 hours as this drama unfolds.
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Crassus| 8.20.12 @ 6:42PM
If you've lost Sean Hannity.................
Trinacria| 8.20.12 @ 7:04PM
Mr. Lord,
With respect, it's not that Mr. Akin should withdraw because he diminishes the the GOP's chances for victory, he should withdraw because his statements were inconsistent with the values of the GOP and indefensible on any level. There's something bigger at stake than the outcome of an election...
Kingofthenet| 8.20.12 @ 7:14PM
Don't listen to these Rino's Mr Akin, Stand Strong! You will be vindicated in the end, and have a moral duty.
Bob S| 8.20.12 @ 9:11PM
Wow, Media Matters must really be paying you a pretty penny for those words to come rolling off your fingers.
Bob S| 8.20.12 @ 9:03PM
Today, Obama held a press conference on rape. Akin just handed Obama a campaign issue on a silver platter. Akin managed to put the focus of the campaign right back on the "war on women". Akin allowed Obama to keep ignoring economic issues, which should have become more prominent with Ryan as the VP candidate.
He really should get out of the race.
bluecollarbytes| 8.20.12 @ 9:38PM
Even better, Mr. Akin should withdraw soon, maybe later tonight. This contrasts with Bill Clinton Democrat, who had the weirdest most-offensive ideas on what is or isn't rape or is or is not is, ever for a politician.