Control of the Senate could very well be decided by this seat. Murkowski basically became a liberal democrat when she was re-elected, so every seat counts if we have a prayer of getting to 51 votes to scuttle Obamacare. I would like to see Akin withdraw, as this gaffe will probably be impossible to overcome, and the lack of intelligence shown in making it suggests that more such errors are to come. Probably not enough time to rectify things, though.
Obama must have a guardian angel (do they have those in Islam?).