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Yeah like that too, in some ways.

The Rove remark contained a thinly-veiled threat -- Akin's didn't. That puts Rove into a whole other category of stupid. Score one for Akin.

My point was that Akin was seriously "off-message". The GOP has a winning issue -- the economy. Not the only issue; but the winning issue. The Dems are desperate to distract attention from the economy. They've fabricated the "War on Women" out of whole cloth; because that's a good distraction. Akin played right into their hands -- big time. Foul by Akin -- penalty shot for the Dems.

One expects fringe party candidates, or single-issue candidates (usually the same thing) to try to use elections to "educate the masses", and "raise awareness about ...". A candidate for a major party has to be concerned first about winning. He or she also has to be concerned about helping, not hurting the party. Akin was a shoo-in -- he never helped himself; and he's likely hurt the chances of other Republican candidates. That's just plain selfish. Selfish and stupid -- hardly a wining combo.

If you're a serious big-league politician; you "educate the masses" before or after the election. Akin should have laid the groundwork for his remarks years ago -- preferably through a coordinated effort with like-minded surrogates. Akin completely, and utterly failed in that regard.

If this campaign has revealed Akin's strategic and practical political skills -- the GOP, and the right-to-life movement would both be better off with someone else in office.

Akin has won many elections in Missouri and won most of them with a large per cent age. He has an excellent voting record and a more conservative record than Mitt Romney.
He is a great congressman. ONLY a total fool would not vote for Todd Akin over Claire McCaskill.
Rove’s comment was way out there. He should be publicly reprimanded. Rove is a jerk