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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.
When Rape Brings Babies
If the outrageous comments by Missouri Congressman Todd Akin this week had any salutary effect, it is this: We can no longer deny that, when it comes to basic...
Wednesday Words: “Legitimate Rape,” TV Slang and More
legitimate rape (n.): an act of sexual intercourse that is considered forced and illegal based on the woman’s true feelings of resistance; believed, erroneously,...
Morning Must Reads: Survivalist
Todd Akin asks for forgiveness. The polling hasn’t moved yet. What happens if he drops out. Romney’s cash advantage over Obama is big and growing fast. Eccentric...
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., has started beginning his meetings of the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces subcommittee with a prayer,...
Two Peas In a Pod
Battleland recently noted that Rep. Roscoe Bartlett – chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s tactical air and land forces subcommittee – has a strange...
House Republican Open To Gun Restrictions
A Tea Party-backed congressman becomes perhaps the most conservative member of Congress to open the door to specific limitations on guns.
A Primer for Tuesday’s Congressional Races
For the first time in three election cycles 2012 doesn't look to be a wave year for either party Democrats are likely to retain control of the Senate while...
Mitt Romney’s ’47 Percent’ Gaffe Tops Yale’s Quotes of the Year
Finally, Mitt Romney finds a way to defeat President Obama.
