Todd Akin already having money trouble?

Nobody saw this coming. Well, not Todd Akin anyway...

Via TPM:

Rep. Todd Akin’s effort to continue his bid for the Missouri Senate seat is now faced with a new challenge: Paying the campaign’s bills for TV ads on time.

The Akin campaign’s TV ad buy with the NBC affiliate in Columbia was canceled by the station, according to CBS radio in St. Louis. The campaign had paid the first half of the buy, but the station did not receive the other half. The TV station also said that it has confirmed that other stations have been put in the same position.

The Akin campaign told CBS radio that the payment problem was a scheduling mistake, and the next checks are on their way.

Obvious: Missouri Republicans want Akin to quit, Democrats want him to stay...

Even Todd Akin's supporters want him to go...

Via TWS:

Republicans, by a 47 percent to 37 percent margin, think he should drop out of the Senate contest against Democrat Claire McCaskill, and self-described Akin supporters believe the same by 50 percent to 34 percent, according to a Mason-Dixon survey.  Only Democrats, sensing he’s likely to lose, want him to remain a candidate, 47 percent to 37 percent.

Cher Tweet: It would be karma if Todd Akin got raped by a man with HIV/AIDS

Cher doesn't even know how to spell Todd Akins' name, but she hates him anyway...

Kama train 4 himRT@fuppapeh let Aiken get raped by man with HIV/AIDS.Nothing will happen, right?Body shuts down as defense mechanism Idiots
— Cher (@cher) August 25, 2012

New poll shows Todd Akin down by 9 points against Claire McCaskill (confirms Rasmussen)

Rasmussen found Akin down by 10 points after his foolish and insenstitve rape remarks. Now a Post-Dispatch/News 4 poll has found Akin losing by 9 points. Todd Akin's candidacy is in serious trouble.

U.S. Senate challenger Todd Akin's support in Missouri has plummeted since his remarks a week ago about "legitimate rape" and pregnancy, putting him 9 points behind Sen. Claire McCaskill in a race he was previously winning, according to a new Post-Dispatch/News 4 poll.

More than half of Missouri voters now view the Republican congressman unfavorably, the poll indicates, and fewer than one in five view him favorably.

Akin's fall is especially dramatic among women. They were about evenly split between Akin and McCaskill in a similar poll at the end of July, but women now oppose him by almost 20 percentage points. Even in rural areas where Akin retains the lead, his support has dropped significantly from a month ago.

Claire McCaskill ridicules poll showing her beating Akin by 10 points

Claire McCaskill thinks Todd Akin is a fool. She may be right.

Rasmussen poll made me laugh out loud. If anyone believes that, I just turned 29. Sneaky stuff. bit.ly/SscVZf
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 23, 2012

Interesting: Claire McCaskill doesn't seem to want Todd Akin to quit

 Claire McCaskill refused to call on Todd Akin to quit. Democrats spent a million dollars running ads in the Republican primary to get Akin because he polled worst of the three GOP candidates and she doesn't want that money to have been spent in vain.  McCaskill called the possibility of Todd Akin dropping out "radical."

After seriously stepping in it, Missouri Republican Todd Akin is reportedly taking steps to withdraw...(Update-Akin Refuses to do the right thing)

After making comments insulting to rape victims, Missouri Republican Todd Akin is reportedly going to withdraw. You just can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

Via Buzz Feed:

Missouri Republican Todd Akin has begun moving toward ending his candidacy after his remarks on rape and abortion provoked a firestorm, a top Republican said.

"Akin is taking concrete steps to withdraw by tomorrow at 5:00 p.m.," a senior Republican told BuzzFeed, adding that Akin could still change his mind.

But a Republican close to Akin said his position hasn't changed: He's still in the race.

Tomorrow afternoon is an important deadline: If he files papers to end his candidacy in Jefferson City tomorrow he can end his candidacy unilaterally; after that, he would have to file an application in court.

This morning everyone in America knew this story. Even my wife, who watches almost no news, asked me about it. On the other hand, a LGBT activist allegedly went into a Christian lobbying groups office last Wednesday with a plan to commit mass murder and leave Chick-fil-A bags by the victims. One man was shot. I asked my wife if she had heard that story. She had no idea. Keep in mind the context of the recent mass shootings at the Batman movie and Sikh temple. Apparently, a Republican making a stupid comment, and it was incredibly stupid, is far bigger news than a member of a demographic that supports Democrats attempting mass murder.