I've watched the entire soundbite.
I've tried to make this distinction before but it falls on deaf ears. Let me try again.
I know very little about Todd Akin, other than seeing him speak for 15 minutes once and thinking he was a very poor speaker. Other than that, I'd certainly prefer that the Republicans win control of the Senate in 2012.
But what I think of Todd Akin (or what anyone on FR thinks of Todd Akin) is IRRELEVANT.
That's not the issue here. It's what an informed person thinks that OTHER people that DO matter in the Missouri Senate election think about Todd Akin - say, a 31 year-old housewife in Columbia, MO, who isn't registered to a party, maybe her husband is a Republican and she votes Republican 70% of the time, maybe she voted for Bush twice but switched to Obama last election - what does SHE think of Akin now?
Politics unfortunately involves the necessity of persuading people other than yourselves of something. And as I've mentioned this is an "unrecoverable stall" you can't spin yourself out of this one with that 31 year old housewife.
Exactly. We can parse Akin`s statement all day long, but the voters “on the fence” about that race.. and even those leaning toward Akin.. will very likely stick with McCaskill. This, after she has trailed all GOPers for months.
Idiot. A friggin` idiot. And this was so winnable. Akin may very well have, by his action, locked in Obamacare for all time, since this may hand the dems contined Senate control.