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As a Missourian, here’s my take on why he dropped 20 points:

Almost 60% of GOP and Conservative Missourians, like myself, voted for the other two candidates on the Republican ticket, Bruner (30%) and Steelman (29.2%), in the primaries.

Many of those voters, unlike myself, are sore losers. When those voters were polled, they saw a chance to force Akin out of the race and get a Mulligan for their candidate by lying to the pollsters to skew the data. The thinking being that once Akin saw the results, he would drop out.

Now that Akin has reiterated his determination not to drop out of the race, reality has/will set in and those sore losers will either not vote (doubt it) or buck up and cast their vote for Akin (more than likely).

Don’t get me wrong, it’s going to be a tight race. McCaskill has been salivating at the chance to run against Akin for quite some time, now.

She even ran adds on television saying that Akin was “too Conservative for Missouri.”

When a candidate starts helping out their opponent like that, you just know there’s an “October Surprise” right around the corner...

Anyway, those are my observations from the front line in Missouri.

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You failed to account for the fact that Socons have a demonstrable record of simply not voting when they are peeved.

Your analysis is correct ~ 60% of the Conservatives voted for someone else in the primaries. Many Democrats crossed over and voted for Akin. McCaskill campaigned for him. Democrats gave him campaign funds.

There are some real fundamental questions here regarding Akin's legitimacy ~ and then he turned immediately to Leftwingtard commenters to deliver his first big interview.

I don't think I"d vote for him either.

Problem is we don't need a single rogue candidate in Missouri jeopardizing the entire election by giving the left an issue.

they are just salivating to get anything that will document their BS that we are waging a war on women.This gives them a little ammo. Its a stretch but can we really afford it?

That’s an interesting perspective, and it makes a lot of sense. I am concerned about the possibility of depressed turnout, but since Akin does not appear to be dropping out, best for all to stop complaining about it and just change the subject to McCaskill’s incompetence. Certainly there is nothing to be gained by defending that interview...