Akin brings bus tour to Cape Girardeau as deadline passes
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Some had doubted U.S. Rep. Todd Akin's resolve to remain in the race. But at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, a half-hour past the final deadline to drop out had passed, there he was in Cape Girardeau telling a gathered crowd of about 80 that he wasn't quitting regardless of what GOP leaders wanted.
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