[AU72]

That election was lost the day he won the nomination. He was pre-destined to say something stupid at anytime.

[mwl8787]

All Akin had to do to win was keep his damned mouth shut for 10 weeks. He couldn’t even manage that.

[Drew68]

That election was lost the day he won the nomination. He was pre-destined to say something stupid at anytime.

Yep. That's why McCaskill's supporters sank $1.5 million towards Akin's campaign. Turned out to be money well-spent.

[hcmama]

A little research on Toddie's nomination battles reveals this is how he typically wins; he edges out his opponents in a crowded primary, once by only 52 votes.

He will go down in flames come November. A true debacle.

[Hostage]

Rush changed my mind about Akin staying in as an act of defiance against the GOPe; I want Akin to go now because he never had a chance to begin with even before the stupid comments.

Rush said that Akin was always vulnerable because dems crossed over in the primary to vote for him. McCaskill wants him to stay in the race. This has all the markings of a setup. The dems were sure they would defeat this guy on election day but they did not count on his shooting his mouth so fatally before the election.

Now they are hoping he stays in. They should have had their pollsters continue to report that he is up by 1 or 2 points to create false hopes that he can win. This recent poll seems to show that Missourians are not going to elect this guy, so he has got to go now.

[PhxTM06]

McCaskill didn’t spend $2 million to fund this guy during the primaries because she thought he was a genius. She knew he was prone to saying stupid things and at this point she doesn’t even really have to campaign, just let him keep running his mouth. Its going to be the easiest re-election for a dead-in-the-water candidate that I’ve ever seen.