Todd Akin made mistakes of a different order; he needed to leave the Senate race or McAskill would get elected. And that’s exactly what happened with him and what will happen with Greitens if he stays in the race and gets the nomination. That’s why I am giving money to JD Vance in Ohio - the others in the race had their chance, they botched it, and they don’t deserve to lose us another Senate seat.
If Hartzler were to win the primary the Dems probably would not even bother to contest this race - it would probably be a 20-30 point blowout. It would be very competitive if Greitens is the nominee - and they would probably connect him to every Republican running across the country like they did with Akin back in 2012 to reawaken the “war on women” nonsense.