So you're saying there are not enough conservatives to elect someone without the "Karl Rove crowd"? Because Akin got annihilated. It wasn't even close.
The republicans were more vocal in taking down Akin than the democrats were
That's a bunch of crap. Democrats were using Akin all over the country to put Republicans on the defensive. His name came up in races across the nation and became the centerpiece of the Democrats "war against women" campaign.
Huckabee stepped in later, in an attempt to pull Rove's dagger from between Akin's shoulder blades.
More crap. Huckabee was a supporter of Akin's from the beginning. The Huckster endorsed Akin in his primary run, despite the fact that the Democrats spent almost 2 million dollars to help nominate him. When the left is spending a huge chunk of change to help nominate a Republican, don't you think it should be sort of obvious there is something wrong with said candidate?
It was an honorable thing to do, and I respect Huckabee for it. He stood up against the GOPe; it's about time we all followed suit.
It was the stupid thing to do. Utterly and completely idiotic. General elections are about winning, not teaching some group you don't like a lesson. Akin obviously couldn't win once he spouted that silly nonsense about rape. He should have withdrawn - and almost every conservative including Rush, Palin, etc, tried to steer him in that direction. Huckabee is one of the morons who convinced him to stay in the race and sold social conservatives on the idea he could still win.
I'd take Akin over McCaskill any day of the week.
Of course, so would I - that doesn't make him a good candidate. There is no point in running candidates who has no chance to win. Once Akin yammered on about rape and women's bodies magically preventing pregnancy it was over.