Realpolitik, nothing less nothing more. Any other GOP candidate would have been a guaranteed win so if Akin’s egotistical recalcitrance costs us a senate majority he will be damned—if we support him and he can somehow pull off a win, great, he will have dodged a bullet.
No need for regrets asking him to step aside after he ate his foot, it would have been the right thing to do and we would not be worried now about winning the seat.
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Very well stated. Akin’s original comments were unconscionable and politically radioactive in the extreme.
It’s fair to say he’s a decent man who said an incredibly stupid thing. R&R are moving slowly toward him now that the heat has died down. We need that seat if we are to control the Senate.
Oh really?! I've never seen so many go so knee-jerk stupid in all my life.
There is, repeat, is, science that backs up the claim that when a women is under extreme stress, that extreme stress interferes with her ability to conceive. This is not rocket science and makes perfect sense. Many have noted this was taught in medical school. What is so heard to believe about it being potentially true?
Also it is obvious he meant "forcible rape", and not "morning after regret" claim of rape (NOT A LEGITIMATE RAPE) or statutory rape of a 17 year old girl in the back seat of a car by her 18 year old boy friend. Neither of those would produce the extreme stress that he was discussing.