‘He’s Our Idiot’: Why Republicans Still Might Back Akin If He Can Just Keep His Mouth Shut
Todd Akin’s campaign is at a crossroads. Now that the deadline for him to drop out of the Missouri Senate race has passed, he needs to demonstrate to national Republicans, outside groups and donors that he can recover from his “legitimate rape” comments and beat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.
That would appear to not be going so well.
When Akin said in remarks published Thursday that McCaskill did not act “ladylike” in their first debate, both Republicans and Democrats shook their heads. They may have slapped their foreheads when just a couple hours later, it was revealed that Akin’s referring to McCaskill as a “a wildcat out of the cage.”
If Akin really wants crucial support and resources for his campaign, Republican strategists told TPM, he just has to stop saying stuff like that. The NRSC on Wednesday opened the door to supporting Akin again, but on Friday — after Akin’s newest quotes hit the Internet — there were signs the NRSC is rethinking its rethinking.
NRSC chair John Cornyn (TX) told a Kentucky paper Friday that the group now has “no plans” to back Akin.
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