Tod Akin, a social conservative, was asked about his opposition to abortion, even in the case of rape. Akin alone says, president obama is a complete menace to our civilization. Fellow republicans couldn't run away fast enough from congressman tod akin's remarks. He ended up absolutely getting crushed by clair mc caskell after brocco bamma lost missouri really big.
Democrats are meddling in Republican primaries this year to an unusual degree, attempting to elevate extremist candidates who they think will be easy to defeat in midterms in the fall.
Nowhere has that strategy been more divisive than in the election for a House seat in Michigan.
Guest: Jonathan Weisman, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.
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