[kabar]

Maybe the Reps should have been a little less vocal and public in their piling on of Akin. This was a massive orchestrated effort by the RNC to get rid of Akin before the Tuesday deadline. It was a big gamble that backfired on them. The GOP made this a much bigger issue than it had to be. Romney and Ryan should never have got so involved. Hell, here in VA we had George “Macaca” Allen condenming Akin for his verbal gaffe. How is that for chutzpah?

[GlockThe Vote]

Whatever - head in the sand.

Akin was toxic even before his gaffe.

[hcmama]

Maybe the Reps should have been a little less vocal and public in their piling on of Akin.

The vocal reaction you cite was because everyone with any political acumen whatsoever knew this idiot had fumbled so badly there was no recovering from it. What no one could have ever predicted was how delusional and selfish this moron would be.

[so_real]

Maybe the Reps should have been a little less vocal and public in their piling on of Akin. This was a massive orchestrated effort by the RNC to get rid of Akin before the Tuesday deadline. It was a big gamble that backfired on them.

It was indeed orchestrated to give Akin that Tuesday window. The strategists in the GOP that came up with this plan, for whatever reason, need to be tossed out on their ears. Maybe Rove will sack the parties responsible. Certainly they made him look bad, and he doesn't like to look bad or be wrong about anything.