[Tex-Con-Man]

This accusation that McCaskill picked Akin is nonsense. She had campaign ads against all three. And she attacked Akin for being a conservative.

You and Akin may be the last 2 humans on the planet who haven't figured this out...

BUSINESS INSIDER - Claire McCaskill Used This Genius Campaign Ad To Dupe Republicans Into Nominating Todd Akin

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH - Claire McCaskill's political strategy paying off

[kabar]

Here is the liberal take on it. "Somehow that ad is code for "Vote for Todd Akin". He's a guy that wants to eliminate the departments of education and energy plus privatize Medicare - and that's a plug for Akin? Ok, I admit it. I'm a liberal, but my GOP registered MIL would definitely be against Medicare privatization."

When you look at the ads, how can anyone think that she was trying to help Akin? She created a cariacature of right wing nut who despises democracy and wanrs to get rid of SS. Unfortunately, you and the NYT think that McCaskill was engaged in some sort of brilliant Machiavellian strategy when all she was doing was trying to destroy Akin by branding him as an extremist. And she went after Brunner and Steelman in similar fashion. Her intent was to destroy all of them.