You must have a very short memory.
Don’t you remember “Mark Foley”?
He is the main reason the GOP lost the house.
So, I would not be so sure that Akin won’t sink the entire ship.
It is regretful that he made those comments.
But he needs to go.
Foley was an issue because of the GOP leadership attempts to cover up for him. The Dems linked that to the other 10 or so corrupt incompetent GOP house member the leadership was covering up for. The drunk, the wife beater, the crooks etc. It was the perception of incompetence and corruption in the GOP House leadership that sunk them in 2006.