Akin Campaign: No, Todd Is Not Selling His Soul To Jim DeMint For Campaign Cash
While most of the Republican Party is still keeping him at arms length, Todd Akin is making new friends recently on the right-wing end of the GOP spectrum. On Monday, Newt Gingrich will be hosting a fundraiser for Akin in Missouri. And last week, Akin earned the support of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), the tea partys favorite senator.
DeMints support came with a requirement Akin sign on to a no earmark pledge, which is a big shift from Akins recent past. But the Akin campaign says their candidate isnt selling out, hes just finding new areas of agreement with members of his party.
On Friday, Akin announced he was taking DeMints pledge. That loosened up the purse strings at DeMints PAC, opening up a badly needed source of outside cash for the embattled Missouri Senate nominee.
Back home, the move was greeted with skepticism:
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