>>Stop blaming others. Todd Akin is in this mess completely because of himself.<<
First of all, Akin will probably win the seat once this nonsense dies down, and it will. The national press will be moving on as soon as they get their new marching orders from the Obama campaign.
And yes, Akin is in this mess because the GOP panicked. Scott Brown deserted first, to survive politically in Massachusetts, and the rest of the GOP then panicked. Talk about herd mentality—that afternoon was a perfect example. A number of the herd probably woke up the next day thinking, what was I thinking? But what’s done is done.
The only reason the panic got started was because there was a short window during which Akin could reasonably be pressured to withdraw. If that window hadn’t existed, no panic would have ensued.