[philman_36]

Akin would have finished third behind Brunner or Steelman without $1.5 million in Democrat ads.

Yeah, the fact that he's held public office and has a conservative voting history had nothing whatsoever to do with people choosing him over the other two.
It was all Democrat strategery that got him the win.

Good luck with that ploy.

[montag813]

Yeah, the fact that he's held public office and has a conservative voting history had nothing whatsoever to do with people choosing him over the other two. It was all Democrat strategery that got him the win. Good luck with that ploy.

$1.5 million that the Dems spent to boost Akin was more than his entire underdog campaign. His conservative bona fides are flawless, but facts are facts.

[montag813]

Yeah, the fact that he's held public office and has a conservative voting history had nothing whatsoever to do with people choosing him over the other two. It was all Democrat strategery that got him the win.

Brunner led Akin 40-20 on June 25th, 2 days before the $1.5 million ad onslaught by Dems touting the Huckabee endorsement and citing that Akin was "too conservative", etc, hit the airwaves. My choice was Steelman, and she can't run now, so I have no dog in this hunt. But again, facts are facts, Akin owes his victory to Harry Reid's machinations.