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"Oh, good, I&amp;#x27;m glad Todd Akin had something totally relevant to the election to say while commenting today on Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill&amp;#x27;s (D) personal demeanor after their (unsurprisingly) not-terribly-friendly debate on Friday.&amp;quot;I think we have a very clear path to victory, and apparently Claire McCaskill thinks we do, too, because she was very aggressive at the debate, which was quite different than it was when she ran against Jim Talent,&amp;quot; Akin told the Kansas City Star. &amp;quot;She had a confidence and was much more ladylike [in 2006], but in the debate on Friday she came out swinging, and I think that&amp;#x27;s because she feels threatened.&amp;quot; If I ever run into a cheetah in the wild, I hope she is as &amp;quot;aggressive&amp;quot; as Senator McCaskill in the clip above. Sayin&amp;#x27;. Just in case you&amp;#x27;re in need of a refresher, Todd Akin is the Missouri politician running for incumbent McCaskill&amp;#x27;s up-for-grabs Senate seat whose comments about &amp;quot;legitimate rape&amp;quot; on a St. Louis TV station in late-August put him under national spotlight--and the scrutiny of his own party. Despite being urged to drop out of the race, he&amp;#x27;s stayed in for more than a month, and finally announced Tuesday, the last day he could have dropped out, that he plans to see the election through. Mr. Akin, you had something to say about our bodies, and you got that wrong. Spend time commenting on the issues, not about your opponent--politics isn&amp;#x27;t about being &amp;quot;ladylike&amp;quot;. It&amp;#x27;s about serving your constituency, your women voters included. Turn back to rebuilding your platform, as well as your relationships with voters with the time you have left. Missouri would be a tough blow to the GOP&amp;#x27;s hopes to control the Senate were McCaskill to be re-elected, so Akin&amp;#x27;s win is important for Republicans. According to the latest RCP poll, McCaskill currently has a 5.3 point lead, so Akin needs to gain vital ground in the time he has left. Missourians, do you know who you&amp;#x27;re voting for? Everyone, how do Akin&amp;#x27;s comments make you feel? Do they make you as uncomfortable as they make me?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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