Akin backstabbed himself. He was done as soon as those words left his mouth.
O'Donnell was a hopeless candidate who never had a chance in that state.
It's an idiotic delusional fantasy that either would have won if it wasn't for Karl Rove or whatnot; they both lost by ENORMOUS margins; no amount of additional money provided by the party or verbal support would have made enough of a difference that they could have won.
Stupid or futile candidates lose because their stupid or futile, not because the party doesn't support them enough.
This is precisely why McCain lost, and why Romney lost, and why Christie or Jeb will lose. FUGOP
Doesn’t matter...there is no excuse for the RNC not supporting a republican primary winner. And as for them losing with hugh margins... really...after the rino leadership castigated them all over Fox I was surprised they did as well as they did. Meanwhile we were assured Mitt was the guy!!!