[DManA]

How much credit did the GOPe get for turning on Akin and handing the seat to the democrat.

What they did was model for me the proper way to act when you don’t like the Republican candidate - don’t vote for him.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Missouri GOP in and around Springfield refused to back Jim Talent for reelection, thus giving us Claire McCackle’s first term. Several historians have scrutinized the votes in SW Missouri and concluded it was Talent's support for medical research that caused a revolt in the GOP.
As far as Akin goes, he did the job on himself.

[Impy]

None, he still would have had a zero percent chance of winning if the “GOPe” had praised him, they tried to force him out because it was the the ONLY way to still win the seat, therefore it was the right move. HE deserves your enmity for refusing to step aside, selfish fellow, clinging to the fantasy he could still win.