Given the Democrat Senate trend nationally, I now believe that both Akin and Murdock would have been defeated even without the “rape” controversy, for they may have sat on an imaginary lead, taking comfort in Romney’s lead in both of their states.
I think Murdoch was a not so bright guy way out of their league. Akin was evil/dumb the worst kind. Akin could have manned up and done the right thing and dropped out letting someone more qualified and undamaged to take the fight to Mc Casklle. That would of been the patriotic thing to do but he and his grasping wife....
That said it was like having some troops behind you who accidentally fire off a clip killing 10 of your own guys.