Initially many denied Ma spent so much on "pro-Akin" ads. Akin's former campaign mgr. (Van Eaton) is a $ donor to Ma's campaign.
This is Missouri. The home of never-closing polling places. In Dem areas. The home of beer purchasing for those who register and vote Dem (Jo Ann Emerson's Dist.) The home of dead Teamster Presidents. The home of a hospital for dying union leaders. List goes on and on.
The big shots in Republican Party have just now called on Akin to step down. Not saying its right. Just saying it is.
I'm not dusting off my STEELMAN signs. Yet....
If McCaskill believes that Akin is the weakest candidate because he the most conservative, then let’s have that race and give voters the clearest choice. I just don’t buy the crap that the Dems somehow mobililzed its voters to go to the polls for Akin. The Dems had their own primaries, some of them very competitive including the Carnahan-Clay race.