Give it a week for the outrage to die down, and for Akin to make his case and his apology tour. Then we’ll have a better picture of where it stands. McCaskill still has to defend her record from now to November.
He’s toast. It’s over
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“Give it a week for the outrage to die down”
Not gonna happen. McCaskill will replay the interview non stop and Akin will sink even further.
Many voters are not paying attention yet and probably missed the scandal.
R self-flagellation likely accounts for much of the 10% deficit.
Apologies never work.
He is polling a little higher than I expected, but I think that is probably the ceiling of support he will get in the race. He needs to dropout.
“Give it a week for the outrage to die down”
I’m inclined to agree. And if Akin does somehow survive this and gets elected, he will be beholden to no one - especially the republican party.
He can walk into the senate chambers with one of those “We’re #1” outsized football gloves except it won’t be the index finger that is raised up high.
He will be the most independent senator in Congress. And Rush is wrong about needing 51 republican senators. We only need 50 if Ryan becomes VP and becomes the deciding vote in the senate.