Poor choice of words which well may hound him to defeat!
Whatever he was trying to communicate, he haws just committed political harikari.
Nate Silver just said he went from being up 6-7 to likely being down 20 points once this goes mainstream and it has already begun. At this point, there’s no way he’s getting elected, what he said was egregious, regardless of how people try to defend it.
The best thing that can happen is that this guy gets completely disowned/exiled by the GOP and his supporters. Cut off the cash, cut off the funding, force him to step down, its not too late for another candidate to step in and take what should be an easy victory over an empty suit like McCaskill, but Akin won’t do it, not with this, and having him on the ballot will result in Republicans nationwide being hounded by questions about rape and pregnancy, changing the discussion from the economy and Medicare to own that essentially benefits Democrat’s.
What he said can’t be defended, it was idiotic in any sense, scientifically, politically, you can be sure that MSNBC and other outlets will be trotting out women who were raped and became pregnant, what an absolute buffoon, how do mouth-breathers like this still wind up getting into these spots?
Totally self-inflected wound, the best chance Republicans have now is for Steelman to step in after Akin steps down and shuts his mouth for the long haul. For those who can’t see why a comment like this plays worse than anything Biden has said, you need to put down the Kool-Aid and realize how this plays politically, another aging, white Republican sounding clueless about a woman’s reproduction that will be endlessly parodied over and over in countless televised skits and cartoons nationwide.
The king of gaffe’s that will be amplified endlessly by the more than eager left-wing media. If this guy doesn’t step down, his comments just helped to re-elect Claire McCaskill. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, what an absolute tool.