"Akin is helping Republicans to snatch defeat from jaws of victory"

[DonRedwood]

Now this was a good read!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-election/akin-is-helping-republicans-to-snatch-defeat-from-jaws-of-victory/article4490931/

"Until Sunday, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill was a dead Democrat walking. Barack Obama is so unpopular in her state, she even planned to skip the party’s convention lest it remind voters of her ties to the President and her past support for his agenda in Congress.

Ms. McCaskill’s Republican rival, Todd Akin, has managed to revive her re-election hopes, however, with a jaw-dropping comment about a “legitimate rape” victim’s ability to will away an unwanted pregnancy.
...
A race he seemed sure to win is now a toss-up."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good.

[Cha]

2. That was a good read, 'cause he wrote about the other Senate

races, too..thanks DonRedwood.

Here's what I'm hoping..

"Even if Mr. Akin decides to drop his candidacy, as several top Republicans urged him to do on Monday, it may be impossible for the party to contain the damage. Democrats seized on Mr. Akin’s remarks to renew charges of a Republican “war on women” and link his views on abortion to those of GOP vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan."

[DonRedwood]

3. yeah, it is damaging them across the board, I think

because all the tossup/tea party peeps believe the same thing, pretty much.