Palin said she isn’t trying to pile on because she understand what Akin is going through. But just as she knew when to fold them in Alaska, she says Akin needs to know when to fold them and the time is now. She said that if he doesn’t withdraw then she will get behind a third party to defeat Claire McCaskill and win that seat:







According to Dana Loesch, Palin can’t back a Steelman third party ticket, so it’d have to be someone else:

And then it may not be possible at all this go round:

Deadline for filing as I in #MO was TODAY I believe, but sore loser renders moot. #MOsen — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 22, 2012

UPDATE: Yep, the filing deadline was July 30: