Because the alternative is a communist!
Duhhhh!
(etc)
Hey, I want Akin to win. I would vote for him, if I were in Missouri. (If I were a cheatin' Democrat, I would vote for him anyway!)
But no amount of support from the National GOP can drag this guy over the line if he keeps shooting himself in the foot. A cigar store indian could beat Claire McCaskill, but a cigar store indian say quite so many stupid things.
The Democrat War on Women strategy is dead in the water in every state besides Missouri. Sandra Fluke is speaking in front of crowds of 10 in Nevada. Romney is gaining big time in the women's vote. These are things we need to do to win.
If the GOP embraced Akin and his serial idiocies, the War on Women theme would take off again, and we could lose the whole shooting match. And Akin would probably step on his crank the day before election day and lose his race anyway.