I looked up Todd Akin back that year and I could tell he was a political accident waiting to happen. Also, he had never run in a competitive general election before, always winning elections in safely Republican constituencies. He never had to think before he spoke because of that.
I have nothing against Akin as a fellow human being, but he had a duty to drop out of the race when it became clear he was unelectable.
Wrong! Todd Akin was electable, and in fact, he was leading in the polls until Karl Rove opened his fat mouth and disrespected him on national TV.
Karl Rove and the rest of the GOPe could not handle that their oh so precious “electable” candidate was beaten by a Conservative in the primary.
Rove and the GOPe continue to try to sabotage Conservatives. Now, most notably, their target is Ted Cruz.