[Uncle Chip]

Like it or not, comments like what Akin said do get played across the country and voters do react to what other politicians say across the country. This is political reality.

Would that include the murder threat joke that issued forth from Karl Rove's mouth??? I guess then that all the money that Rove's Crossroads is giving to candidates across the country is now tainting those candidates and their campaigns as well.

[Jonty30]

If Karl Rove were a Democrat, which from your point of view he may as well be, yes. To joke about killing a rival politician would be an example of what not to say, because it might draw out Republican voters to vote.