This is a fair discussion, so the side you represent has a fair point. Was Akin’s statement so egregious that he would have lost even if his own side had fully supported him and poured in it’s normal financial support?
I say that level of support would have seen a victory by Akin. Why? Because politicians accused of far, far worse have gone on to win.
Therefore, it was the media feeding frenzy that sunk Akin and not the content of his words.
Yes, definitely. It was a FIFTEEN point margin. And Romney would have lost by 2-3 more points than he did.
The tape of Akin saying the words is what sunk him.
The media feeding frenzy around the tape was completely out of the control of the Republican Party and there was nothing they could have done to stop it. Had the entire party backed Akin to the hilt, the media feeding frenzy would have been TEN times worse, and beyond hurting Romney, probably would have caused the Republicans to lose a couple of other close Senate and House races.
Yes it was. So egregious that a lot of good conservatives wanted to throw up (Palin, Malkin, Levin, Rush, etc.). In a time where the democrat/media complex had ginned up the fake "war on women", he became the perfect face of the GOP (for them) with their meme. Had he been supported, the election loss that occurred would have been far worse, we could have lost the House as well, along with many more senate seats.
There were two other very good conservative candidates who ran against Akin, who polled as easy winners against McCaskill far after Akin's melt down. Akin would not step down because of his pride, arrogance and desire to make money, to gain prestige as a senator, instead he pushed on in the face of reality and handed back a seat to the leftists. He could have and should have abdicated.
As I said, when democrats pulled their support from Toricelli, Spitzer, and Weiner, they resigned. Akin should have done likewise, this was far from a simple GOPE thing, most conservatives were turned off (rightfully so) as well.
. Was Akin’s statement so egregious that he would have lost even if his own side had fully supported him and poured in it’s normal financial support? Therefore, it was the media feeding frenzy that sunk Akin and not the content of his words.
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Yes Akin’s and Murdock’s statements were so misogynistic, factually untrue,self destructive and just plain crude that it tarnished the entire party. These guys didn’t just shoot themselves in the foot they set off a grenade in the barracks taking out the whole platoon.