Todd Akin might have been a horrible candidate
He was horrible. Hawley is a candidate who is acceptable to everyone. This article running him down for vague nonsense is total garbage. If Hawley is the candidate, Claire is finally going to get put out to pasture where old cows like her belong.
Exactly. The tea party and establishment candidates essentially destroyed each other while McCaskill propped up Akin who she knew would be her weakest opponent...in that case both the tea party and establishment candidates either one would have destroyed her.
In this case, Josh Hawley was actually recruited by both the establishment and tea party wings of the party to run. Now apparently establishment types are trying to torpedo him (supposedly) - or it could be McCaskill’s shenanigans again spreading rumors...wouldn’t be a surprise.
If he hadn’t messed up with that rape comment, he’d have won the race. Claire took a huge risk with trying to select her opponent. She’s well out of step with her state ideologically-speaking.