Akin was Michelle Bachmann’s baby, not the tea party, and Rove should have backed Palin’s female candidate, and we would have won the seat.
Akin won the primary by double digits over Sarah Steelman...who got 29% of the primary vote. Steelman also had a lot of the GOP insider backing...not the social conservative base that Akin had
If PhonyCon Liberals had not got so worked up over a comment Akin repeatedly apologized for....he would have won. The 3d place in the primary would have not...
The moderate Republicans can vote consistently liberal, vote to approve leftwing Obama nominees always get support by GOPe yet Akin says one stupid thing a gets punished by GOPe. The hypocrisy is disgusting.
Sarah Steelman was the tea party and Governor Palin choice.
Akin beat her by less than 7 points and was the vain, ego driven disaster that he proved to be, Palin and tea party conservatives asked him to drop out.