Posted on 08/08/2012 4:31:48 AM PDT by Milagros
CBS News Tea Party-backed Rep. Akin wins Missouri GOP Senate primary to take on McCaskill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Rep. Todd Akin, who played up his tea party credentials and conservative appeal, broke out from a three-way Missouri Republican primary on Tuesday to earn the right to take on Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, setting up one of ...
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Count me mildly surprised at Todd Akin’s victory. He’s never faced a competitive general election before and has always run in affluent safely Republican suburbs until now and I wonder, how prepared is he for it?
That being said, voters may be so tired of Claire McCaskill and her sugar daddy/husband that it won’t matter. If elected, Akin will be very good on the issues.
Brunner spent close to $9 million of his own $....
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