Deadline Intensifies Pressure On Akin To Quit Race [VIDEO]
Rep. Todd Akin vowed to fight on in his embattled Senate campaign, but a significant deadline loomed Tuesday that was bound to intensify pressure on the Missouri congressman to abandon the race....
View ArticleTodd Akin Wants to Stay in Race as Furor Mounts Over "Legitimate Rape"...
Rep. Todd Akin vowed to fight on in his embattled Senate campaign, but a significant deadline loomed Tuesday that was bound to intensify pressure on the Missouri congressman to abandon the race over...
View ArticleNJ Dem Party Boss Responds As Todd Akin Vows To Stay In Missouri Senate Race
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin says he's "not yet begun to fight." Many top Republicans don't want him on the ballot against Democrat Claire McCaskill because of his comments about "legitimate rape."...
View ArticleObama Mocks Missouri Congressman Over Comments
President Barack Obama is mocking Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri for his remarks about a woman's body being able to avoid pregnancy during what Akin called a "legitimate rape." Continue reading…
View ArticlePolice Investigating Reported Threat Against Missouri Congressman
U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been criticized for comments he made recently about rape. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ Republican Senator Calls On Akin To Drop US Senate Bid
New Jersey GOP State Senator Dawn Marie Addiego today introduced a Senate Resolution condemning Congressman Todd Akin for his indefensible comments about rape, and calling for him to withdraw as a...
View ArticleEmbattled Missouri Congressman Stays in Senate Race
Embattled GOP Congressman Todd Akin has made good on his promise to stay in Missouri's U.S. Senate race despite calls by top Republicans to quit following his comments about rape. Continue reading…
View ArticleTodd Akin Again Criticized for Abortion Comments
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin once equated abortion providers to terrorists and suggested that it was "common practice" for them to be "giving abortions to women who are...
View ArticleAkin Carries On With Senate Campaign [VIDEO]
Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation's top Republicans Tuesday and forged ahead with his besieged Senate bid, declaring the party was overreacting to his comments that women's bodies can prevent...
View ArticleAkin Carries On With Senate Campaign [VIDEO]
Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan acknowledges he urged Missouri Congressman Todd Akin to abandon his Senate bid but has no further plans to speak to him about it now that Akin is...
View ArticleOutrage Erupts Over Todd Akin’s “Legitimate Rape” Comment
ST. LOUIS — Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, a conservative Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, sparked a furor and earned a rebuke from Mitt Romney's campaign after saying that women's bodies can...
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