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Akin down by 10% Tom Swiss Fri, 08/24/2012 - 10:53

Despite his reprehensible comments on rape, Todd Akin, the Republican candidate for Missouri's Senate seat, was still leading incumbent Claire McCaskill in the polls by a slim margin. Not anymore -- he's now down by ten points. (And that's in a poll by Rasmussen, who have shown if anything a pro-GOP bias.)

fallout continues from Akin's idiotic rape comments

Posted on: Tue, 08/21/2012 - 01:44 By: Tom Swiss

The fallout continues from GOP Senate candidate and current Representative Todd Akin's incredibly stupid comments on rape and pregnancy. Akin canceled an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan; Morgan actually called Akin "gutless little twerp" and opened his show with a shot of the empty chair.

Even Romney and Ryan have rebuked Akin for the comment -- according to spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg, "Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan disagree with Mr. Akin's statement, and a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape."

And yet, a poll by Public Policy Polling shows that while 75 percent of Missouri voters say Akin's comments were inappropriate, he's still up 44 to 43 percent over Claire McCaskill.

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