Akin did the job on himself. Plus McCackle invested more in Akin’s campaign than Akin did.
Ditto Perry.
I suggest an IQ test for the next GOP candidate for anything national.
One single issue killed the GOP’s chances in the senate and WH. The issue was no exceptions on abortion. It fit the Donk’s “war on women” narrative.
Rove's candidates did not tout no exceptions on abortion and they still lost. Rove's record wasn't just dismal; it was catastrophic.
So you're saying Scott Brown should've changed his position to pro-choice...oh, wait.
Is that why Romney did better with women than McCain by 2 percentage points?
If 8 million former Obama voters were so gung-ho on abortion, why did they apparently stay home instead of coming out to vote for Obama?
And if you assume that those 8 million actually did switch to Romney, but it was 10 million former McCain voters who stayed home, then we can be sure they didn't stay home because Romney was too pro-life.
Akin's and Mourdock's comments making the media circus had nothing to do with their positions on abortion. It had to do with Akin's theory on a woman's body "shutting down" in rape and Mourdock's comments making it sound like he thought the rape itself was a "gift from God."