I don't think so. The attack against Senate Majority Harry Reid began at the same time President Obama was elected to office. The Right Wing Media was attacking him before the Inauguration, no different than President Obama. It was when the Tea Party was born. The attacks against Senator Reid and Representative Pelosie were vicious, unjustified and sustained for nearly two years.
Sharon Angle was never taken to task by her party either. I realize the GOP is seeking the majority of the Senate and for some reason believes this seat is the turning point, but, I think the dynamics are different.
Senator McCaskill has been underseige for some time now, but, she is a woman and that has to be a viable alternative to the sexism of Akin. Unfortunately, Congressman Akin is not Senate material. He just isn't. He should stay in the House and serve a smaller district of the country than a State. The primary reason Akin is the candidate for the Senate is because of special interests. The special interests obviously believed if they could get him elected the law would be changed to victimize women.
It is conceivable a single congressional district would seek someone this extreme, no different than Allen West. But, to move such a person to the Senate isn't prudent.
I think Senator McCaskill needs to campaign and talk to her constituents to reassure them and seek to be their problem solver, but, in my opinion this isn't a challenge to the level it was with Reid or Pelosi.
Sharon Angle was never taken to task by her party either. I realize the GOP is seeking the majority of the Senate and for some reason believes this seat is the turning point, but, I think the dynamics are different.
Senator McCaskill has been underseige for some time now, but, she is a woman and that has to be a viable alternative to the sexism of Akin. Unfortunately, Congressman Akin is not Senate material. He just isn't. He should stay in the House and serve a smaller district of the country than a State. The primary reason Akin is the candidate for the Senate is because of special interests. The special interests obviously believed if they could get him elected the law would be changed to victimize women.
It is conceivable a single congressional district would seek someone this extreme, no different than Allen West. But, to move such a person to the Senate isn't prudent.
I think Senator McCaskill needs to campaign and talk to her constituents to reassure them and seek to be their problem solver, but, in my opinion this isn't a challenge to the level it was with Reid or Pelosi.
...When Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin (click title to entry - thank you) went on television last weekend and uttered the words "legitimate rape," veterans of the Sharron Angle campaign had a collective flashback, PTSD-style.
Angle, the Republican Senate candidate who ran against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2010, is best remembered for out-there statements like suggesting that "Second Amendment remedies" might be necessary to restore liberty. Her loss to Reid helped ensure that the GOP would fall short of the Senate majority in the midterm elections.
Angle's candidacy is a case study in the ability of a deeply flawed candidate to squander an otherwise winnable election. Republicans' current panic over Akin's candidacy reflects a fear that history will repeat itself in Missouri. But to veterans of the Reid-Angle race, Angle's candidacy also suggests that Akin could still win....
