U.S. Rep. Todd Akin's support for staying in the Missouri U.S. Senate race as the GOP nominee has grown in the time since the Republican made controversial comments about
That's the biggest finding in the latest Patch "Red Arch" survey, a non-scientific project asking Republican activists questions tied to current issues in the 2012 election cycle. More than 60 people were invited to participate and 35 responded.
Sixty percent said yes when asked, "Should Congressman Akin remain in the U.S. Senate Race?"
Akin has since apologized for the remarks as they related to rape and pregnancy, and has fought off attempts by party leaders, including presidential nominee Mitt Romney, to step down.
When asked if Democrat Claire McCaskill's Republican Party opponent for the U.S. Senate will be Todd Akin and there will be no GOP-backed third party candidate in the race, 60 percent strongly agreed, with another 22.9 percent somewhat agreeing.
Candidates in Missouri have until Sept. 25 to take their names off the ballot with a court order, which as The New York Times reported could be contested by the Missouri Secretary of State or any local election authority.
Monday A.M. Update: The St. Louis Beacon reports that deadline is actually more like Sept. 21 in reality.
Akin has been working in the weeks since the controversy erupted to show he can still raise the money needed to make it to election day without the backing of outside groups like Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS, or the national Republican Party, whose chairman said at the GOP convention that the party wouldn't support Akin's bid "even if he were tied" in the polls.
So how is Akin doing with his party in the horse race, with under 60 days left before election day?
When asked to give their opinion on the question, "If the election were held today, Claire McCaskill would defeat Todd Akin," 51.5 percent disagreed in some way, while 48.6 percent agreed in some fashion.
The Red Arch/Blue Arch Survey
Patch political surveys are not a scientific random sample of any larger population, but rather an effort to listen to a swath of influential local Republican and Democratic activists, party leaders and elected officials in Missouri. All of these individuals have agreed to participate in the surveys, although not all responded to this week's questions. Interviews for this poll were conducted the week of Sept. 4.
Patch will be conducting Red Arch and Blue Arch surveys throughout 2012 in hopes of determining the true sentiment of conservatives, liberals and moderates on the ground in Missouri.
If you are an activist, party leader or elected official and would like to take part in a bi-weekly survey that lasts just a few minutes, please email Gregg.Palermo@patch.com.
The Red Arch Roster:
Ruth Springer (former Olivette Mayor), Frederic Steinbach (former Chesterfield Mayor), Randy Jotte (Candidate for Congress), Katy Forand (Gravois Township Committeewoman) Scott Rupp (State Senator/Secretary of State Candidate), Rick Stokes (Wentzville Alderman/State Rep. Candidate), Charlie Hinderliter (State Legislative campaign manager), Mark Parkinson (State Rep.), Chrissy Sommer (State Rep.), Jon Bennett (St. Charles Township Committeeman), Eugene Dokes (Chairman of St. Charles County Republican Central Committee), Chuck Gross (former State Senator), Cheryl Bates (St. Charles Young Republicans President), Penny Henke (St. Charles County Republican Central Committeewoman), Joe Cronin (St. Charles County Council), Terry Hollander (St. Charles County Council), Mike Nunnery (Republican voter), Jim Pepper (O'Fallon City Council), David Blanke (Lewis & Clark Republican Township Committeeman), Robyn Hamlin (Candidate for Congress), Don Bickowski (Jefferson County Council member), Linda Van De Riet (Jefferson County Republican Central Committee member), Renee Reuter (Jefferson County Council Member), D.J. Cully (Jefferson County Council candidate), Roy W. Sims (High Ridge Township Republican committeeman candidate), Celeste Witzel (GOP Committeewoman for the Oakville Township), Alan Leaderbrand (GOP Committeeman for the Lemay Township), Kourtney Lamb (President of the Brentwood Young Republicans), Dennis Broadbooks , (Wild Horse Township), Eileen Tyrrell (Meramec Township Member), Judy Hon (Chesterfield Township Committeewoman), Anne Gassel (Wild Horse Township Committeewoman), Chris Howard (Lafayette Township Committeeman/Convention Delegate), Kevin Rejent (Election Attorney), Richard C. Rowe (Republican voter), Rekha Sharma (State Rep. Candidate), Darin Morley (Reboot Congress blogger), Mark Zinn (GOP Consultant), Cynthia Davis (candidate for Lt. Governor), Sue Allen (State Rep.), Claire Chosid (Republican voter), John Diehl (State Rep.), Lee Presser (blogger/tv host), Ed Martin (Attorney General candidate), Carl Bearden (Former State Rep/Exec. Dir. United for Missouri), Michael Morton (Regional Political Director/Ann Wagner campaign), Christopher Brooks (Candidate For County Central Committee), Marsha Haefner (State Rep.), Cloria Brown (State Rep.), Philip Scherry (Rock Hill Alderman), Derek Michael Spencer (Regional Political Director/Brad Lager For Lt. Gov.), Brian Spencer (State Rep. candidate), Catherine Dreher (Candidate for Committeewoman candidate), Annette Read (Candidate, Missouri River Township GOP Committeewoman), Chris Gard (State Rep. candidate), Anthony Pousosa (St. Louis County Council candidate), Kit Crancer (Chief of Staff, State Senator Jane Cunningham), Cole McNary (Candidate for State Treasurer), Michael Burr (Creve Coeur Township Committee Candidate), Maria Burr (Creve Coeur Township Committee Candidate), Bill Stouffer (Candidate for Secretary of State), Tyler Holyfield (State Rep. Candidate), David Wissler (Gravois Township Committee candidate), Pat Walker (Maryland Heights Township Committee candidate), Maggie Walker (Maryland Heights Township Committee candidate), Scott Pinkham (Boone Township Committee candidate), Teresa Douglas (Lemay Township committee candidate), Larry McGowen (Wildwood City Council), Marc Perez (former State Rep. candidate)
My dear Mr. Revere, I am deeply sorry for having to break the news to you, but the purpose of public education is not to benefit you personally. It is to benefit our great society as a whole! Even if you or your children elect (I so love to use that word!) to not take advantage of our public education opportunities, you still have the duty (I say, privilege!) of funding those opportunities for all. Our great society has a long, long history of encouraging public education, reaching all the way back to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. You remember that document, I trust.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/14/valerie-jarrett-pat-caddell-libyan-embassy
A liberal society ignores the cost of any service. Because it's hidden. Need for a public school system, is to educate the poor and needy. That is a good cause , and I am 100% for that. That was the public Education system of past. Not today! You say----"I have no children, yet that does not excuse me from paying my share of school taxes, as it benefits society at large and ultimately me personally" (well , you have no choice!) Let me respond by changing just a 2 words--- "I HAVE children, yet that does not excuse me from paying my share of "accredited-EDUCATION", as it benefits society at large and ultimately me personally etc". You are conditioned to automatically support an overpriced Service. It has nothing to do with the "benefits of Education". Because the benefits of Education are the same---Private or Public. Maybe you would feel the affects of Public education real cost, IF YOU HAD TO PAY YOUR REAL SHARE --that Sir, is $10,000 per year in many school districts. ARE YOU WILLING to write a $10,000 annual check for Public education today. That is YOUR fair share. Or would you rather wait until you actually have a child to educate? Or are you so uninformed that public education is out of control, when compared to the same education available elsewhere. Pay for real Public education cost. Go ahead, but I already have an "education cost". Why should anybody pay twice for the same Service.???? Unless you are an Educator.
SHE WILL PLAY HELL GETTING MY VOTE NO MATTER THE OPONENT!
What do I care who is offended by that? It's your ideology that makes those things true, not mine. I'm just pointing it out. Nice PC-deflection though.
Public Education does Not "benefit society as a whole". "ACCREDITED-EDUCATION" benefits society as a whole. It could be Private or Trade school or whatever this State approves as "ACCREDITED EDUCATION". I am sure the history of Education needs always recognized that there will always be those who need Financial help for a decent education. So declaring "Public Education" as the education we should support ignores the COST factor of those who choose to Pay for "non-public school education" Your household spending allocates so much for entertainment and food etc. All households allocate so much for "EDUCATION". You can offer No plausible reason why our Society should "Force" any parent to 1st allocate to "Public Education" and take that money away from a choice. This whole country would be irate, as they are indirectly paying $10,000 per child to pay for Public schools. You would not write a $10,000 for Public education and another $10,000 check for Non-public school Education. Would you?!!!!!! So don't give me any 1700's history. I'm talking today. (Teaching was a Vocation---Teaching today is a Racket) Our whole public education cost today is "for the Teachers" (over 75%) That is very simply "stealing Education dollars". That stealing education dollars is Directly responsible for stealing the financial ability of many families to send their children to their schools of choice. That is why we need massive changes.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2012/04/02/worlds-highest-corporate-tax-rate-hurts-us-economically http://taxfoundation.org/article/countdown-over-were-1 http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/US-Corporate-Tax-Rate/2012/04/02/id/434548 http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/u-companies-not-pay-world-highest-taxes-rate-152854532.html http://blog.heritage.org/2012/03/30/no-fooling-u-s-now-has-highest-corporate-tax-rate-in-the-world/ http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-02/markets/31273366_1_oecd-corporate-tax-rate-percentage-points You make being perpetually-wrong somehow an artform... The perfect liberal, I guess, but remind me not to hire you as custodian.
Mr. Revere, call public education "ACCREDITED-EDUCATION" if you desire, as long you are not, what is the term, moving the post goals on me. Oh, oh, goalposts. You missed my point. We ALL have the duty to fund education opportunities for all. That has nothing to do with YOUR choices. That is why they are called taxes! If you don't like what the schools are teaching, you can vote in a different school board. But you still have to fund them. That is why they are called taxes! If you choose to use private schools, buy a Hupmobile, travel the world by steamship or by rail, or whatever your heart desires, my best wishes to you, dear. Spend your money as you would like and enjoy your choices. After you pay your taxes, your money is yours alone. I certainly do not want to pay for your private "schools" that would indoctrinate our precious young ones in ways that I certainly would not approve of. Heavens. Can I opt out of some of my taxes? I don't much like what that rascal W. (William McKinley in my day, Dubya in yours) does with his foreign affairs and it hits me right in my pocketbook (to this very day!). Of course not.
President Obama has taken away Mitt Romney’s longstanding advantage as the candidate voters say is most likely to restore the economy and create jobs, according to the latest poll by The New York Times and CBS News, which found a modest sense of optimism among Americans that White House policies are working. Romney's budget required taxing everyone making $100k/year or more and Romney said "That's not in the cards". Voters are seeing that his economic policy and projections are nothing but dreams. Romney is still dreaming.
Who does Obama want to Tax? Is it those making over $250K? What about Obama's Affordable Health Care--TAX! Well it's a TAX on EVERY employer in the US. Be assured that TAX will bankrupt many employers who cannot afford your job and enormous HealthTAX. Obama will rasise ALL Medicare TAXES starting 2013 (That's a tax on everyone that makes over $106,000. It is unlimited--It goes up from 2.9% to 5% TAX -DOUBLED! Now how is that for comparing OBAMA TAX to Romney Tax. People , Obama has Taxes Galore on this Country "Disguised" as Health care reform. Even the Supreme court called it a TAX. Hear me! The Largest TAX increases in History are coming For All Society , if you elect Obama.
With that experience , Romney would completely discard Obamacare, because Romney knows that it will be a disater in All Of America. Romneycare for the USA will actually be voted by the congress. It will be truly a bi-partisan DEM-GOP agreement for ALL the People, not just a few. Need proof of how bad Obamacare is? Well over 3,000 unions and favored Democrats are exempted from participating in Obamacare. Why did they opt-out. The rest of the People are all Forced to join and PAY THE TAX. How's that for a major difference in Romneycare vs Obamacare. How would you like to share Mass Monthly Health insurance premiums with Missouri's Health premiums. Need some help! MASS individuals pay $33,000 per year for Health insurance. Missouri individuals pay about $12,000 per year. OBAMA CARE will cost every Missourian $20,000 more to share MASS Health insurance. That is why USA cannot have Universal Coverage for all states. That would bankrupt Missouri residents. AKIN has zero affect on any of that law. He is only one vote. McCaskill will guarantee an eventual universal health tax that will cost YOU& Missouri taxpayers Billions. (especially when NY Calif average $36,000 premiums are shared)
Rather than waste a media opportunity this week on "Meet the Press", why did Gov. Romney not tell us? This was one of the turning points in the campaign, I believe. He could have told us, but didn't. "Romneycare for the USA will actually be voted by the congress." The Affordable Care Act wasn't? " It will be truly a bi-partisan DEM-GOP agreement for ALL the People, not just a few." There is nothing to have stopped any member of the U.S. Congress from introducing such legislation, even after the Affordable Care Act became law. Show me.
How's he do on the bipartisan front? Does he accomplish things with members of the other party? How about his own party? Does he work hard for us? What percentage of votes did he miss in his last quarter in the House? What has Rep. Akin done for small business?
"Romney was the Governor and signed the Law pased by the Mass Congress." So Sen. Kennedy forced Gov. Romney to sign? Or dId Gov. Romney think he was signing something else? Or?
"It was actually Ted Kennedy-care in Mass. state." "Romney was the Governor and signed the Law pased by the Mass Congress." So Sen. Kennedy forced Gov. Romney to sign? Or dId Gov. Romney think he was signing something else? Or? Now Paul R writes in response: Ted Kennedy did force Governor Romney to sign the Mass health law. It is a disaster!. Blame Ted Kennedy! Otherwise, Stop blaming Bush for all of this Obama Admin signed laws passed by his own Democratic congress. We are not safer today than we were "last week". The worst foreign policy downtrend in American History. Talk about inheriting a mess on Nov 6th 2012. Todd Akin would stop the Senate from giving a repeat-Obama fiasco! Just that vote alone saves our country from further declines.
Horsepuckey. No one was holding a gun to Gov. Romney's head. Either he signed it or he didn't, end of story. Would Gov. Romney ask for Do-Overs if elected president?
KSDK has scheduled a debate for Oct. 18. I wonder if I'll learn anything from that.
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And missing 85% of his votes in one quarter? Really.
---Thomas Paine