Interesting point on MORNING JOE about Akins

[brooklynite]

Basically, Romney had had a "Sista Souljah" drop into his lap, and he still can't do more than parse his words.

[AnnaLee]

1. True but time will tell.

I saw one instance of someone claiming that they now "... trusted Romeny/Ryan".

[hlthe2b]

2. He's the worst candidate the RETHUGS could have picked because he's stuck & terrified of the far RW

especially the "religious" Xian conservatives, who would eat him for lunch if he was more vocal and directly called for Akins ouster. That said, I think with indies and women, this was his ONLY chance to make up any ground. The Xian fundies are not going to get him elected, but if they are vocal they can damage him further with his base.

What a position to be in... His base still detests him or at best grudgingly supports him. To keep the base he gives up the rest. ahh, schadenfreude--though I don't discount the election-stealing attempts of Rove, Koch assholes and others.

[BeyondGeography]

3. That would be rich with Mr. Forcible Rape HR 3 on the ticket

The bottom line is a huge part of their base is involved here and, unlike black voters, who are far more pragmatic (read grown-up), too many would stamp their feet and stay home.