[Reily]

Well in Va we watched the Allen “Macaca Debacle”
in 2008. You might have one chance to walk back the dog in a situation like that. If you devolve into a “serial explainer” (which hard not to do thanks to the media!) you are done! I hope Akin wins, but it might have been better to cut our losses immediately and get out there with somebody else. He certainly made winning harder.

[Da Bilge Troll]

Well in Va we watched the Allen “Macaca Debacle” in 2008.

Exactly. Allen "did the right thing" and withdrew, didn't he? And his replacement won, right? No? So how was it having a lunatic liberal senator for 6 years even though everyone "did the right thing"? Was that an improvement?

[ScottinVA]

If you devolve into a “serial explainer” (which hard not to do thanks to the media!) you are done! I hope Akin wins, but it might have been better to cut our losses immediately and get out there with somebody else. He certainly made winning harder.

That was my point too, at the outset with Akin, but it's too late now... dredging it up further at this point just gives the enemies in the DNC more to spew on their fundraising letters.