I think you're misinterpreting - no GOP candidate wants to be forced to explain or defend what Akin said. If Missouri wants him to be elected, he will, despite the RNC.
Akin is fortuante to have such a dedicated group of supporters - hopefully, they can give him enough money to win.
Many of Akin's supporters also gave money to the GOP -- hopefully they will contact the GOP and ask for it back.
DeMint’s PAC is still behind Akin unless something has changed which is why he had the big meet last week with his supporters to see who would still pony up.
And DeMint was openly derided by the GOPE and some No Culture War types as a traitor and anachronism for not keeping with GOPE onslaught on Akin.
Note Newt did not jump on the Akin beatdown and nor did Cain or Bachmann
course we know who did and even went so far as to suggest a Third Party run against him...which would be stupid
I will tell you...biggest enemy Republicans have are themselves
This is nothing but a battle in the war between social conservatives and fiscal moderates...it has been going on since Goldwater and Buckley and Reagan stood out against a largely socially liberal GOP in the 60s and was really gassed up when very socially conservative former Dixiecrats swelled GOP ranks after LBJ went bonkers and Nixon ascended and some like John Tower got the switch going
Here we are 40 years later still the same war in the GOP more or less. Akin’s remarks just got what was already there all stirred.
We have arguably the most liberal GOP POTUS candidate we are being forced to support (or not) since ...Dole maybe...or even Ford and yet the same bunch who foisted this on us launched a nuke strike on one little GOP senatorial candidate over a poorly worded statement about rape exclusion in abortion.
It makes perfect sense from their perspective, they likely didn't like him anyhow.
it's just sad really...i think most GOP voters are more conservative than those they elect and are likewise more conservative than most GOP talk radio and punditry
we could use an overhaul