Twitter: Akin press conference at 4:15 today.

[sufrommich]

Chad Pergram?@ChadPergram

Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) to hold a press conference in St. Louis County today at 4:15 pm central time. That's all the release says.


Retweeted by Joe Trippi


I'll bet he's ending his run.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. The damage has been made

Hip, hip hooray for Todd Akin... he gave us all the shovel to dig into the platform.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Nooooooo! Stay in Todd!!!

[warrior1]

3. will see

@HotlineJosh: BREAKING: Akin will be reiterating he's STAYING IN the race at the presser, per source close to congressman.

[sufrommich]

4. Yep, 2 more sources say he'll stay.

Peter Hamby?@PeterHambyCNN

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

[longship]

7. The most vehement denials come just before the concession.

Indeed, we will see. But my money's on he is withdrawing. However, he will now have to get a court order, apparently.

My reason for thinking this? Only that the pressure on him has been pretty intense. He has to see that he's hurting the party.

[cbdo2007]

8. yep, they want it done before the convention or that's all people will be talking about still

[BlueStreak]

13. "This franchise stands behind Coach Smith 100%"

Way behind him.

Coach who?

[Lint Head]

5. Come on Toddy Woddy! There's plenty of room for more crazies in the GOP.

[Care Acutely]

6. CNN: He's STAYIN IN.

Good for you Todd! Good for you!

[BlueStreak]

15. Then why a press conference?

[Mariana]

24. Maybe he's going to explain what "legitimate rape" is

or tell us the exact process by which a womans body "shuts all that down" during one.

Seriously, I bet he's going to whine about being persecuted for his beliefs (or words to that effect).

[FSogol]

26. He's going to blame liberals for the death threats and rape threats issued towards him and

his family. He'll try to smear the Obama campaign due to their campaign of "division and hatred."

[LaydeeBug]

9. uh-oh. nt

[NightWatcher]

10. why at Friday Afternoon News Dump time to say nothing's changing?

seems like a waste or a way to keep him in the news cycle. I wouldnt think he'd want that right now.

[sammytko]

12. so people will stop talking about the Romney birther comment??

[NightWatcher]

17. managing train wrecks with additional train wrecks? nice strategy

[BlueStreak]

22. And it would make his life a lit easier if he laid low the next week.

This is just not a very smart person.

[Angry Dragon]

11. the republicans would have to mount a write-in campaign

[flamingdem]

14. oh NO!

He'll leave the race a wealthy man I bet

[CTyankee]

18. Perhaps he woke up this morning with a horse's head in his bed...

[flamingdem]

25. Word is he's staying in !!!

Here's hoping

[CTyankee]

28. He already said he was staying in, tho. I wonder why this, why now, on the Friday before the

R convention?

I hope he's staying in, too. I hope he's so batshit crazy that he's gonna make a huge stink about it, thereby keeping it alive in the news and in front of people's eyes...esp. women...

[bluestateguy]

16. Joe Trippi? What is he doing these days?

nt

[highplainsdem]

19. TPM's sources say he's staying in. Link:

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/reports-akin-staying-in-missouri-senate-race

[BlueStreak]

23. Hey everybody! I've decided to eat lunch. Just thought everyone would like to know.

[flamingdem]

30. Don't blame us if you miss the big announcement

We live for these special moments

[brentspeak]

32. TPM sources were wrong a couple days ago

when they said Akin would withdraw on Tuesday. But we'll see.

[flamingdem]

20. On Bashir's show they do not seem aware of Akin's presser

Still discussing his impact ..

[FightForMichigan]

21. Now, I'm not conspiracy minded...

...but I'm getting to thinking that there is a god and he doesn't want Republicans to win. Anything.

[lpbk2713]

27. Friday news dump time.

Right on schedule.

[Kalidurga]

29. Please please stay in Todd

I realize that a lot of damage has been done. But, I am very confident that if you stay in you are highly capable of causing even more. I don't believe for a second your replacements views would be any different from yours, it will just have a prettier package. I can be certain of this because that comb over would be very hard to top.

[cbdo2007]

31. Local news in KC seems to think he's ending his campaign....they'll be streaming live

at kmbc.com and on their local abc affiliate kmbc channel 9. I can't imagine they would cover this live if he was just gonna be up there picking his nose.

[Kalidurga]

33. Well they are covering the Romney campaign and that is about all that amounts to. NT