Crossroads pulls out of Missouri after Akin comments

[warrior1]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/08/crossroads-pulls-out-of-missouri-after-akin-comments-132572.html

The conservative outside-spending powerhouse Crossroads GPS is pulling its ads from the Missouri Senate race, three sources confirmed to POLITICO.

The group had originally booked a new round of ads to start Wednesday but began canceling them earlier today. The decision comes in the wake of comments by Missouri Rep. and GOP Senate nominee Todd Akin questioning how often women can get pregnant from “legitimate rape.”

Contacted about the decision to withdraw its resources from Missouri, Crossroads spokesman Nate Hodson responded: “The act speaks for itself.”

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I don't live there so Missouri DU'ers let us know if this is happening.

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Ahahaha!

[jsr]

2. They're afraid of sunlight

[malaise]

3. I hope Akin stays in

if you know what I mean

[democrat_patriot]

5. He said he was on Huckabee's show. "I'm no quitter!"

You go Todd!

[Philosoraptor]

4. The tv people says BIG SHOT republicans are demanding akin step aside for the good of the party

[joeybee12]

6. Is this temporary...in other words, they are lying low

until this blows over? Although odds are it won't blow over.

[lastlib]

9. apparently they're not spending good money after bad....

...probly thinking Akin is a lost cause now.

[lastlib]

7. Thank you, Todd!!

This is better'n Christmas!!

[Angry Dragon]

8. is this a rove vehicle??

if it is, he has spent $900,000 on akin already

[lastlib]

10. yes, 'tis!

so SWEEEET!

[librechik]

11. aww, too bad--after they already gave Akin a million dollars!

oh well, they make their money financing vicious moronic yes men. There's always plenty of those among the Repubs.

[oldhippydude]

12. couple of thoughts on this

first of all... fantastic

perhaps as enlightening.... looks like they don't have as deep a pockets, as many of us had feared... having said that let's not complacent and slow our efforts..

[Bjorn Against]

15. They are not pulling out because they don't have the money, their pockets are very deep

They are pulling out because they know continuing to support him will make them look bad and hurt them in other races. They support people who think exactly like Akin does, but they expect them to speak in talking points and not go off script and express their true insanity.

[HiPointDem]

13. i wasn't familiar with this organization. they are kind of odd. Under "trade issues" they have

only 5 'support' points, & 2 really aren't about trade.

'solidarity with israel act' = prohibit UN funding if palestine is recognized as a state.

'iran sanctions, accountability and human rights act' = strengthen sanctions on iran

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. Any word on Koch's continued support?

We could win this one folks!

[warrior1]

16. couldn't be happening to creeper bunch of people