Given everything that’s happened since, the whole Akin thing seems quaint, it would barely register now.
How was Carnahan illegalyl appointed? It was disgusting, but illegal?
My memories are vague, but I recall it was something like the deadline had passed to change names on the ballot, but some RAT judge overruled that and let the RATs put her name on the ballot anyway. If it had been a Republican candidate, they would have forced him/her to run as a write-in candidate.