[so_real]

It's a negative bump. We see bumps all the time. They level out. This one too. For a man of Todd Akin's voting record, it is worth riding this bump out :

Todd Akin on the Issues

• Life begins at conception; support Constitutional Amendment.
• Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion.
• Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection.
• Prohibiting forced abortions by UN Population Fund.
• Voted NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending.
• Voted NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package.
• Voted NO on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler.
• Voted NO on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy.
• Balanced Budget Amendment with 3/5 vote to override.
• Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution.
• Disapprove of increasing the debt limit.
• Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman.
• Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Federal government should be out of the student loan market.
• Voted NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance.
• Voted NO on $40B for green public schools.
• Wean ourselves off our addiction to foreign oil, by drilling.
• Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling.
• Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.
• Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules.
• Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP.
• Voted NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program.
• Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record.
• Commitment to unbreakable U.S.-Israel bond.
• Get rid of Departments of Energy, Education and Commerce.
• Reversing 17th Amendment gives power back to the states.
• Denounces intrusive government regulations and ObamaCare.
• Voted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections.
• Second Amendment protects individual right to bear arms.
• Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record.
• Rated A+ by the ALI, indicating a strongly anti-amnesty stance.
• Declare English as the official language of the US.
• Rated 100% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record.
• Recognize Christianity's importance to western civilization.

[Judge Kovitzky]

Don't know why this is still being discussed. Akin is the nominee. Support him or support McCaskell. It's like Romney v Obama. The only difference is Akin is a conservative and Romney is a moderate. I will vote for both. As for the Rinos who sought to take Akin out in favor of one of the primary losers, they no longer matter. He is the nominee, that is an unchanging fact. John Danforth? As if.