Republicans are desperate for Todd Akin to drop out of the Missouri Senate race after his controversial comments about legitimate rape. Nearly every top Republican, including Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, have publicly called for him to quit.
This morning on ABC News, however, Mary Matalin — a well-connected GOP operative — suggested that Republicans would run a write-in candidate to defeat Akin. Matlin said that, if necessary, Republicans would “transfer the money” to Ann Wagner — a former chairwoman of the Missouri GOP who is currently running for Congress — to run as a 3rd party or write-in candidate.
Wow. Is Matalin this dumb? I thought she was supposed to be a political analyst. A write-in campaign would split the vote so badly that McCaskill could win with 40% or even 35% of the vote, something she'll be able to get easily.
But here she is pushing the centrist nonsense. The Tea Party backlash against that would rip the Missouri GOP in half. I guess I shouldn't be complaining, after all it's the GOP shooting itself in the head.
But damn, pundits are stupid.
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