Akin didn't violate any laws or ethics. He stood up for the lives of unwanted, unborn children, which is more than Mitt Romney did as governor. He simply used one ambiguous word that was falsely interpreted by Democrats to make him sound bad.
2) Akin’s only shot at any historical significance is to become a footnote in future encyclopedia articles on Barack Obama, the import of which would be why BO was elected to a 2nd term.
That slot in the books has already been taken by perennial election loser Willard Mitt Romney who can't get his poll numbers consistently above the worst president in the worst economy in decades. But then he does have to spend half of his media appearances talking about why he won't release his tax returns despite the harm it does to the Republican party.
Well, JediJones, you may be right in all that you say. But in Realville you have to eat what’s set before you, play the hand you were dealt the best you can. That is reality. Next time, perhaps, the food will be better and the cards dealt us more to our liking, but now we have a choice between truly bad and not-as-good-as-we-would-like. Anything or anyone who helps maintain that which is truly bad, i.e., the Obama presidency, I am against ... even if I have to settle for the not-as-good-as-I-would-like. And Akin is such an anything or anyone.
Exactly correct, now this helps him exactly how? Things are bad enough and Republicans are not the majority on MO, and besides they don't vote in lock step anyway.
It is an unfortunate thing to be caught in the bear traps that the LMS always have set for Conservatives, the only way out of them is to chew off a leg, he needs to get started before Gangrene sets in.