2012 Political Predictions

[Hoss]

I forget...is this the guy who swims naked in public areas?? Or the one who thinks raped women can't get pregnant??

That.

[AquaMan]

One word. Flouride.

[Townsend]

Apparently Akin's on the House Science and Technology Committee.  That seems to be working out.

[Conan71]

Claire McCaskill should borrow a line from the Sullivan campaign:

"That Todd Akin, he's got the stupid in him!"

[Hoss]

Claire McCaskill should borrow a line from the Sullivan campaign:

"That Todd Akin, he's got the stupid in him!"

Niiice!

[RecycleMichael]

Akin is ahead in the polls (before the comment). SurveyUSA polling from a week ago had him up 51 to 40 and Rasmussen from the same period had him up 47 to 43.

Can one stupid comment cost him the election?

New polling data should come out in a week...

[Townsend]

Akin is ahead in the polls (before the comment). SurveyUSA polling from a week ago had him up 51 to 40 and Rasmussen from the same period had him up 47 to 43.

Can one stupid comment cost him the election?

He's got his party backing away from him.  Yes.

[Conan71]

He's got his party backing away from him.  Yes.

No, they aren't backing away, they are treating him like kryptonite.

[Townsend]

No, they aren't backing away, they are treating him like kryptonite.

Smeared in poo.

[JCnOwasso]

Akin is ahead in the polls (before the comment). SurveyUSA polling from a week ago had him up 51 to 40 and Rasmussen from the same period had him up 47 to 43.

Can one stupid comment cost him the election?

New polling data should come out in a week...

Howard Dean would like to respond to this... "Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!"

[Townsend]

Howard Dean would like to respond to this... "Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!"

In an NPR interview he said he was attempting to say "booyah".

Didn't seem to work out too well for him.

He was bitter.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Akin is ahead in the polls (before the comment). SurveyUSA polling from a week ago had him up 51 to 40 and Rasmussen from the same period had him up 47 to 43.

Can one stupid comment cost him the election?

New polling data should come out in a week...

One can only hope...

Missouri has just GOT to be so proud!!!

[nathanm]

Can one stupid comment cost him the election?

Looking to the past to answer this question, Nate Silver found that it generally costs about 10% when a politician says something so dramatically idiotic. Given that adjustment, I would say it there's a darn good chance it will indeed cost him the election, and a fair to middling chance it'll cost the Republicans control of the Senate.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Looking to the past to answer this question, Nate Silver found that it generally costs about 10% when a politician says something so dramatically idiotic. Given that adjustment, I would say it there's a darn good chance it will indeed cost him the election, and a fair to middling chance it'll cost the Republicans control of the Senate.

But on second thought....we keep electing Inhofe.  And Keating was elected twice, in spite of his specific expressed desire to kill teachers... so, I guess we got no room to talk...

[Red Arrow]

But on second thought....we keep electing Inhofe.  And Keating was elected twice, in spite of his specific expressed desire to kill teachers... so, I guess we got no room to talk...

As long as you want to bring that up...again,  I'll bring up (again) that it's a shame that the Democrats cannot put up anyone better for election. (Or they would have been elected.)