Congressman Todd Akin, the Republican candidate in the Missouri Senate race, through a wrench into the party's plans to regain the Senate majority after his ill-advised comments about raped caused uproar from voters and politicians alike. In a televised interview on August 19th, Akin mistakenly commented, "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," alluding to his belief that rape victims rarely become pregnant. Since Akin's misguided comments, the national Republican establishment has focused on forcing Akin out of the race and even threatening to revoke funding if he does not step aside (Weisman). .
The Republican Party needs to win four seats in the Senate to gain a majority in the 100-seat Senate. Representative Todd Akin became the party's newly elected committee, hoping to oust Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri who is widely considered the easiest target to overcome. Since Akin's rape comments, the National Republican Senatorial Committee declared its intentions to withdraw both financial and organizational support from Akin's campaign. Additionally, the Crossroads GPS, a Republican advocacy group that has already spent over $5 million in an effort to discredit Claire McCaskill's campaign, withdrew from Akin's campaign (Weisman). .
Many politicians and public figures have stepped forward to ask Akin to step down from the race, including Republican candidates like Mitt Romney, Senator Scott P. Brown of Massachusetts, and conservative host Sean Hannity. .
Senator John Cornyn of Texas, chairman of the Senate campaign committee, personally approached Akin to ask him to step aside. "Over the next 24 hours, Congressman Akin should carefully consider what is best for him, his family, the Republican Party and the values that he cares about and has fought for throughout his career in public services," said Cornyn in a written statement (Weisman).
Todd MacFarlane was born in Calgary (in Canada) March 16, 1961. ... Todd played baseball all throughout his child hood. ... Also another big hobby of Todd's was drawing comics. ... After that he started to pursue his career in comics. ... Soon after Todd was assigned with Spider-Man starting at issue # 298, he redesigned the characters and it then became the top selling comic title. ...
The Republicans believe that the federal government role in education should be limited. ... Bush, which is the representative for the Republicans, agrees with after-school programs and childcare. ... The Democrats believe abortion should be legal in the case of rape, incest, or when a woman's life is at risk. The Republican Party believes that is a woman's right to choose what she does. ... Even though the candidates may not like one another and they may not see eye to eye on some issues they both have the same idea in mind: to make the people happy. ...
However, Whitman was born swaddled in political bunting, her father Webster Todd, the Chairman of the State Republican party and her mother, Eleanor, a Republic National Committeewoman (Weissman, 1996). ... Vote Republican." ... Bradley was on familiar ground after 12 years in the Senate, where he had a reputation as an expert in Soviet-American relations. ... Whitman turned out to be a first rate candidate. ... She made it easy for democrats and independents to vote for her, and she went after Mr. ...
Soon after, President Lincoln was gunned down and assassinated in Ford's Theatre, by a Southern supporter and actor, John Wilkes Booth. ... Even the Republicans had their differences between radicals and the more moderate Republicans. ... As a result, their electoral vote would increase along with an advantage to a Democratic presidential candidate. ... Banks and businesses had closed down due to inflation. The Railroads were broken down and factories were silent. ...
Some feel, however, that Sharpton is a distraction with no chance of winning and would actually be helping the Republican's cause. ... Many believe that he will be able to withstand the "weak on defense" strategy the Republicans will use against the Dems and feel he is the one candidate that can take the election away from Dean. ... When it comes down to Election Day, all the campaigning and financing and media attention don't mean anything unless you win the Democratic Election. ... With so many of the candidates trying to make a name for themselves however, it seems as though thi...
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When asked to recall his childhood, Abraham never said much more than "It was very poor-. ... Shortly after Abraham and Lincoln are engaged the engagement is called off due to his busy lifestyle, though he ends up marrying Mary Todd two years later in an Episcopal ceremony. ... Congress again this time under the Republican Party, and was successfully elected. ... In May of 1860 Lincoln received the Republican nomination at the Republican convention in Chicago, to run for the Presidency of the United States. ... Lincoln's wife Mary Todd was known to act a senile at times, and after the...
Eight years later he married Mary Todd, the daughter of a Kentucky banker. Soon after, he passed the Bar Exam. ... He ran again in 1858 with the newly founded Republican Party. ... Because of his political and leadership strengths, Lincoln was nominated for president by the Republican Party in 1860. The Democrats were split because they had two candidates. ...