There is a misapprehension among some conservatives that there is some kind of spiritual merit in losing. Let me reiterate: it’s not about Aiken. As much as I am aligned with his political principles, I am forced to face the political reality – he’s going to lose. Also, after winning the primary, no RINOs were going to be able to ‘force him out’. At that point it was up to him, and him alone, to critically assess the situation and for the good of the nation, step aside. He chose not to exercise that option because in his mind (apparently) it is about him. He must demonstrate that he is not a quitter. Well, he has made his point – and McCaskill is smiling.

You have successfully missed the point. The issue is not the money, the issue is to not to say something that your opponents can exploit to their advantage. And as a sidelight, as a politician, if you can't win, your good conservative position on the issues has been silenced. Your opponents message and agenda will be advanced much to your chagrin. I just hope he doesn't drag the state into Obama's electoral column.

other half baked jive used to justify his continued candidacy; rather, it is about taking our nation back from a group of people who are determined to turn it into a Marxist paradise. At no time that I am aware of did he ever publically state that he was willing to vacate to another candidate – who would probably win, and now it’s too late. Pathetic.

aptitude, or his aptitude in general? Simply keep your mouth shut about medical issues that you heard along the way somewhere. This however is not the central issue, the central issue is Aiken has taken this Missouri senate seat from a probable win to a sure loss – all by himself. My numbers may not be right on the mark but before the gaff he was up by about 3 or 4, now he is 8 – 10 down. His supporters say “ …and coming back…” but Missouri is a notoriously ambivalent swing state and this is mostly wishful thinking. Furthermore, even though I will wind up voting for him over McCaskill for the reasons noted above, I now seriously question the man’s character. This election is not about Aiken, and getting up off the canvas, and all the oth

and by god he walks right into it like a 3rd grader. I saw the interview. When the abortion question was posed I thought that Aiken would respond by saying something like …look Charles, my position on life is well known, but this election is about the economy and a president and a Missouri senator who have no economic common sense, and on in this vein. Instead, he launched into the now famous answer he will be known for until the end of time. I almost fell out of my chair. I guess the case can be made that his answer has some merit in light of some obscure statistics (I guess) but so what! Doesn’t he know, or don’t his advisors know that this Jako dipstick is laying land mines? And if he doesn’t know, what does that say about his political

I do not doubt for a minute Mr. Aiken’s conservative credentials. I voted for him in the primary and I will vote for him in the general because McCaskill is about as big a Democrat charlatan as you can get. She fits right in with the likes of Ried, and the other senate Democrat hypocrites. Having said that, I am very dismayed at the lack of character that Mr. Aiken has demonstrated since his foot in mouth incident. To recap: He goes on Charles Jako’s Sunday morning talk fest. For those that don’t know this guy he is the typical liberal flack and most everyone in the St. Louis area knows this. How can Aiken not know? He’s not on this show to give the viewer’s useful information, he’s there to be snookered –