Whatever - head in the sand.
Akin was toxic even before his gaffe.
How so? Too conservative? Akin has won every race he has entered in 24 years of elective office.
Toxic in Georgetown cocktail parties, but he was ahead before the gaffe and he's ahead after the gaffe.
80 days from now you'll be calling him Senator Akin -- unless the GOP establishment keeps to their word and kneecaps his campaign.
The ball is in their court -- do you want a genuine Senate conservative or not? My guess is not -- McConnell is running scared that DeMint will stage a coup and put conservatives in charge.