Reince said he wouldn’t gave any money if it were even up in Missouri. This poll indicates Akin is ahead. We’ll see if other polls confirm this one.
I realize this is a little subtle for some people, but our standard should be to hold people accountable and also to be charitable.
The man made an error (concerning pregnancy and rape). I believe he has distanced himself from the error, but I don’t know by how much. So, I’m not in a good position to say whether he has met what should be our standard.
Amazingly, his position on abortion aligns with the majority, who are moderately pro-choice, insofar as he would allow a rape or incest exception. Perhaps he was trying to play both sides of the pro-life street by saying that his exception would be a rare exception. Or, maybe this was just the way he reconciled wanting to protect life within the womb with allowing a rape or incest exception.
It seems that enough people stepped forward to confirm that this theory was indeed taught to doctors and nurses years ago, that he was given the benefit of doubt by many.