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Best Tweets About Todd Akin’s “Legitimate Rape” Comment
Missouri Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin's rape comments have prompted a wealth of Tweets, which TIME has selected for your shared outrage/entertainment.
Todd Akin Resists Calls to Withdraw from Missouri Senate Race After Rape Comments
Politics is tribal. When a candidate commits a typical gaffe, his opponents attack while his allies mount a defense. That’s just the way it goes. But once in a...
Why Akin Matters
We now have Representative Steve King (R-Ostrich) saying that he never heard of a girl getting pregnant because of statutory rape or incest. He thus joins Rep...
The Akin Effect in Massachusetts: Why Elizabeth Warren Needs to Nationalize the Race
What do a Missouri congressman’s astonishingly misinformed comments on rape and pregnancy have to do with a Massachusetts Senate race between two pro-abortion...
Retirements Boost Republican Hopes of Retaking Senate in 2014
A wave of Democratic stalwarts are leaving the Senate next year, but there is no guarantee Republicans can capitalize on the opportunity
What Counts as “Legitimate Rape”? Let This Song Be Your Guide
Singer-songwriter Taylor Ferrera has some handy guidelines for the latest political hot-button issue.
The Gender Gap Is Hurting Romney, Beyond His Control
Tampa It wasn’t just about Mitt. There was a moment in Ann Romney‘s Tuesday night speech which gave that away. In the middle of a riff about how she, and by...
The Tea Party’s New Model: Experienced Candidates Magnifying Movement’s Influence
Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment and the ensuing controversy marked a rare setback for the Tea Party in 2012. It’s been...
What I Got Wrong: The Irrationality of Republican Voters
The most surprising trend on Election Day was Democratic Senate victories in blood-red states.
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Sanford and Colbert Busch: Is the debate enough to turn a Republican to the left?
It's hard not to see some parallels between the Sanford-Colbert Busch race in South Carolina and last fall's U.S. Senate contest between former Rep. Todd Akin (R) and Sen....
Todd Akin opens door to a comeback
Former congressman Todd Akin (R-Mo.), in his first interview since his 2012 Senate campaign imploded after his comments about'' legitimate rape,'' says he's not ruling out...
Todd Akin: I regret rape comments
'' All of us are fallible, we make mistakes, and we say things the wrong way,'' the former lawmaker says. ...
Big scramble seen in open Senate seat in Georgia
To other Republicans, however, such comments stir memories of 2012 losses in Senate races in Missouri and Indiana where the GOP nominees, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock, made...
