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According to the Wash. Post, "Aiken, who won his primary two weeks ago with the help of ad spending from national Democrats who thought he would be the weakest GOP nominee, nonetheless starts the race as the favorite."

Yes, I saw the ads to which they are refering. They were very anti-Akin, so yes, it may have helped Akin get elected. The ads talked about the federal agencies he wanted to get rid of, that Akin was pro-life even in cases of rape and incest and that he wanted to cut taxes. All those positions are positives from the perspective of a conservative, so Missouri voted for him.

This guy has no loyalty to or from the Missouri Republican party.

Given that the party heads are typically what one would call "establishment Republicans" isn't that a good thing? Isn't the point to get rid of RINOS?

The good people of Missouri don't want a knothead such as Aiken.

So, you'd have preferred to select who? Steelman? Akin is more conservative than she.