Right...her ad was music to any true conservatives ears. McCaskill ad calls Akin ‘too conservative’ for Missouri
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By EMILY SCHULTHEIS |
8/3/12 12:05 PM EDT
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee are out with a new radio ad in the state, focusing specifically on GOP candidate Todd Akin and calling him “too conservative” for the state — which, given that he’s still in a competitive three-way GOP primary, seems aimed at actually elevating him in the race.
“Todd Akin calls himself the true conservative, but is he too conservative? Akin called President Obama a complete menace to our civilization, and has even discussed his impeachment,” the ad says. “Akin wants to stop all funding to Planned Parenthood, outlaw many forms of birth control and Todd calls most government programs socialism, comparing them to a cancer.”
The ad also points out that Akin was endorsed by “the most conservative leaders in our country,” Michele Bachmann and Mike Huckabee.
Akin is currently facing John Brunner and Sarah Steelman for the GOP nomination, and the primary is next Tuesday. It’s not the first time McCaskill has run an ad focusing on one of her potential GOP rivals, despite the fact that there’s no nominee yet: last month, her campaign cut ads focusing on each of them specifically. But with this ad specifically on Akin, McCaskill is elevating him in a way that suggests Democrats hope to face him this fall.
Dems trying to split the votes. She thinks she can beat Akin and would get creamed by Steelman.