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So, you believe the democrats won't use the soundbite if Akin drops out??? Sounds like wishful thinking to me. The right response to this was an immediate back-in-their-face. "We have your back!" is what they say to Akin. Any imbecile in America knows the difference between a violent rape and a statutory rape....after all it's written into LAW! By legitimate he meant the violent kind.

Also, there are stats supporting a lower incidence of pregnancy among victims of violent rape. IOW, babies are more likely in consenting relationships. That's just common sense.

In short, Akin would have been defendable, but his friends through him under the bus. And their efforts backfired, fo all they did was buy themselves trouble.

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They might but it would have had far less effect for someone no longer in the spotlight continuing to campaign and getting face time.

Also, there are stats supporting a lower incidence of pregnancy among victims of violent rape. IOW, babies are more likely in consenting relationships. That's just common sense.

No it is not. A consensual relationship likely involves mutliple encounters of intercourse vs. once with a violent rape. Any one instance taken alone is no more or less likely to result in pregnancy. You are making an invalid comparison.

In short, Akin would have been defendable, but his friends through him under the bus. And their efforts backfired, fo all they did was buy themselves trouble.

Right - defending indefensible and innaccurate comments about rape would have been the true ticket to victory vs. making it clear you will have no association with it. The media and the Dems are still working to create an association to damage the ticket and throw us off message - so the true ticket should be to fully embrace it and lose ten times as much ground full throttle.