The guy said something dumb.
How is that a scandal, when things like Fast and Furious are not?
“Obama’s Democratic support in the state remains largely unchanged at 96%, and voters not affiliated with either major party still favor Romney by 20 points. But Republican support in Missouri for the party’s likely nominee has fallen from 94% in late July to 85% now,”
It would be best if the Conservative/GOP movement quit obsessing about Akin, you are cutting your own throats.
Conservatives are fracturing their own base in MO for NO reason. Get back on message! Quit falling for the Democrat propaganda machines tactics of diversion and distraction.
This sux. I do admire his determination but I don’t agree with what he said and he should bow out and he should have. He is 65 and should buy a house in Florida and enjoy the golden years. He is political poison and that is just the way it is whether good or bad.
Missourians must be ticked off that Romney and the Republicans abandoned Akin in his hour of need and tried to disenfranchise the primary voters by forcing him to step down.
I am a rock solid intelligent strict construction conservative . . but when I heard senatorial candidate Akin talk about “legitimate rape””, I changed my mind and I am going to vote for Mcaskill. It doesn’t matter if we are going off a financial cliff with Obamacare, same sex marriage, muslim love, and rule by 34 “czars”. It is far more important to me to have a politician who does not make gaffes. I especially like the mental alacrity of Viace President Biden. This is my opinion and I am changing it like many other thoughtful Missourians.
Oh please. Dems say dumb things all the time but no one pays any attention. A Republican says something dumb, immediately apologizes, and it's a "scandal?"
This whole thing would have gone away if the entire Republican party hadn't made a big deal of it. Let me know when the Dems make a big deal over something one of them says.
As I see it, the Republican Party has over two months to clean up the mess from their circular firing squad, and salvage a win for Romney, if not the Senate. Democrats aren’t winning this one. Republicans are throwing it away.
I do not agree with Cong. Akin on whether an exception in a future anti-abortion law, should be allowed for an actual rape victim. I believe that it should, provided the victim acts promptly, before the baby develops. But what the Congressman said, is no more than a tempest in a proverbial "teacup," unless Republican hysteria continues to enable the Democrats to make it more. If Republicans will only stop talking about it, the Democratic effort to divert attention from the actual issues in 2012--as opposed to a hypothetical provision in State laws not yet even drafted--will look ridiculous.
The current swing in the polls 2 1/2 months before the election means very, very little, if tactical reason will only prevail in Republican circles. There are virtually innumerable ways to counter the immediate effect. The one thing, however, which cannot work to do so, is the hand-wringing denunciations of fellow Republicans over what is really a non-issue, or a nearly non-issue.
The danger comes from the continued hysteria on our side.
William Flax
Wrong. Republican and conservative reaction to Akin is giving the Senate seat to the Democrat. Republicans are politically suicidal. The Republican Party proves again that it is the Stupid Party and Conservatives prove conclusively that they are generic Republicans at heart all preferring right-now righteous justification to political advantage.
Only a kin of Akin will vote Akin.
I suppose I’m the only one surprised at how FReepers have turned on a pro life candidate like Akin. Are democrats the only ones who are allowed to revise and extend their remarks?
I think I’ll wait until the actual election, rather than taking my opinions from a beltway RINO magazine.
Where’s that BS Meter when you need it?
The GOP will need to prioritize Missouri amid the Akin controversy. Remember that in 2008, McCain won the state by fewer than 4000 votes.