The GOP does have a tendency to eat their own as stated in the article that you mention. I have seen it. I’m sure we could sit down and come up with a list of names and examples where it has happened. I’m also sure we could all agree that those people were treated unfairly by the GOP.
Akin is an exception to that list. Yes, the GOP knee jerked on Akin but even a broken clock is correct twice a day. It just so happened that this knee jerk reaction was a good one.
Shame on Akin for allowing the GOP to earn credibility on this issue. Until now the GOP was lacking that credibility of eating their own that were good ones.
To compare Akin to those good ones that have unfairly been tossed by the GOP is actually an insult to conservatism, the pro-life movement and those who were unfairly tossed before him.
It’s funny. When this first broke, everyone said the libs would hammer this from now until election day. Now, it seems to me like it is the conservatives who just won’t shut up about it.