[Revel]

One can thank the conservatives for this.

[PhxTM06]

Of course, it was "conservatives" who made Akin say absolutely idiotic things. Once those words came out from him, the left took off with it and he was done, politically as he had lost any sane-thinking moderates and independents.

At that point the expedient thing to do was to get this nut to step down but thanks to his arrogance and ego, that didn't happen either.

[ScottinVA]

One can thank the conservatives for this.

Akin is the one who blew an 11-point lead with that monumental gaffe, not the conservatives.