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The Note: Alright Already, We'll All Drone On
candidates then there's less chance of some of the incidents that hurt the Republican Party in 2012 with male candidates like Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock making offensive comments about rape and abortion. Ed Gillespie, chairman of the RLSC noted that
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Republicans Aim to Recruit, Elect More Women
might be less chance of some of the damaging incidents that hurt the Republican Party in 2012 by male candidates such as Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock , who made insensitive comments about rape and abortion. Gillespie noted that "women candidates
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Laura Bush Says Republicans 'Frightened' Women
election cycle that received criticism from the public. In August, U.S. Senate candidate and former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin , R-Mo., received backlash when he made comments about "legitimate rape" rarely resulting in pregnancy. He later
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Judging Jeb (The Note)
candidate missteps that have plagued its party's nominees. The goal? To avoid what's become known in GOP circles as ' Todd Akin moments.' 'The campaigns that jumped off message not only infected themselves, they infected all the rest of the
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The New GOP Civil WarThompson won the primary, only to lose to Democrat Tammy Baldwin in November. In Missouri's Senate race, where Rep. Todd Akin won a multi-way primary before crumbling under the "legitimate rape" controversy, state treasurer Sarah Steelman
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What's Next for Sarah Palin After the Break With Fox News?perfect, but even those moments weren't always mistakes. In the GOP Senate primary, she backed Sarah Steelman over Todd Akin . Akin, of course won, but after his disastrous comments about "legitimate rape" Palin told Fox News Channel's Greta
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Rep. Gingrey Says Todd Akin 'Partly Right' on 'Legitimate Rape'
defense-medical exegesis of the whole kerfuffle over Todd Akin , the Missouri congressman and Senate candidate who stirred Journal's Jon Gilooly reported : "And in Missouri, Todd Akin ... was asked by a local news source about rape and
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Dick Armey Defends His $8 Million Deal to Leave FreedomWorksalienated by their party. Despite that alienation, he defended FreedomWorks' decision to pour money into races like Todd Akin 's in Missouri after his controversial comments about "legitimate rape." Akin lost to Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire
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The Biggest Political Blunders of 2012ads. One good thing came out of it? It produced this photo for posterity . "Legitimate Rape," Todd Akin Missouri GOP Senate nominee Todd Akin essentially sank his chances of winning with his infamous legitimate rape comment . When asked during
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Could The Senate Get Its First African American Republican Tea Party Member?three-quarters of a million dollars to Todd Akin 's Senate campaign is mind-boggling disavowed Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin after his "legitimate rape" comment report shows the funds were for 'W. Todd Akin .'" http://usat.ly/SKdehB
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Politics Gets a Dose of 'Reality'the question: "Barack Obama." Todd Akin Gets 21 New Campaigners From '19 work campaigning for Missouri Rep. Todd Akin . The family is scheduled to make called Missouri Women Standing With Todd Akin , which was founded St. Louis in
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Post-Thanksgiving Fiscal Cliffhangerslate-night comments should be thankful for about 2012: From Mitt Romney's surreptitiously recorded 47-percent comments to Todd Akin 's magic uterus, campaign season brought a cornucopia of gifts for all. WATCH: http://yhoo.it/SdZo5k 2016
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Five Post-Thanksgiving Fiscal Cliffhangers (The Note)
late-night comments should be thankful for about 2012: From Mitt Romney's surreptitiously recorded 47-percent comments to Todd Akin 's magic uterus, campaign season brought a cornucopia of gifts for all. WATCH: http://yhoo.it/SdZo5k 2016
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The 2012 Campaign Superlativesincident, but the situation was made worse for Republicans because of remarks made by another Republican Senate contender, Todd Akin in Missouri. In August, Akin had drawn a lot of criticism from both sides of the aisle for saying that women rarely
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Claire McCaskill, Emily's List Celebrate Women's Wins in 2012McCaskill called herself "the senator who brought you Todd Akin " - an apt title, given that McCaskill aired ostensible Republicans," Wasserman Schultz said, referring to Todd Akin and and Indiana's Richard Mourdock, and their damaging
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Senate, House Races Boosted by Outside Money Lose More Than Winin the Senate, however. Endangered Missouri Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill outspent her opponent, embattled Rep. Todd Akin , by close to $1 million and eventually pulled out a win, although arguably more because of Akin's abortion comments
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A Second Chance For Obama, The End Of The Road For Romney (The Note)
opportunity. In Missouri and Indiana, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock emerged as underdogs http://abcn.ws/T22bOW WHY TODD AKIN LOST: THE RAPE COMMENT. Missouri's Todd Akin made strides to recover from his
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What Happened to the Tea Party (and the Blue Dogs?)
primary or sought higher office. Both tea party candidates who ran for the Senate, Reps. Denny Rehberg of Montana and Todd Akin of Missouri lost, while Rep. Mike Pence won his bid for governor of Indiana. Blue Dog Democrats also saw their numbers
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Claire McCaskill Wins Missouri Senate Race
Republicans have seen another prime pickup opportunity slip away in 2012. McCaskill scored her first victory of the race when Todd Akin won a three-way primary. Among the GOP field, Akin polled the worst against McCaskill in potential general-election
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Election 2012: Senate Democratic Majority Holds After Millions Spentpart of Republican candidates. Embattled Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri faced a serious challenge from Todd Akin until his candidacy was imperiled by his comments suggesting that the human body could terminate a pregnancy that resulted
