Akin and Mourdock had ZERO bearing on the presidential race. Both those states went big for Romney, despite the Senate losses.
You like to pretend that voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, et al weren’t aware of Akin and Mourdock’s comments? Would you also like to pretend that the national media didn’t have a field day with their statements and repeatedly associate their statements with the GOP as a whole?
OK, then.