“We are trying to win and election here. Not climb Dong Ap Bia.”
That’s precisely the reason conservatism on the whole suffers. So long as the Akin’s of the conservative world receive support, the Paul Ryan’s of the conservative world will have to work that much harder to overcome the drag.
Discussions of anything other than how to win this election are foolish. It is Akin vs. McCaskill. Period.