Todd Akin

Enough Room to Offer Donations for Jesus and Muhammad

Enough Room to Offer Donations for Jesus and Muhammad
You may have missed it, but a harmless joke from Jamie Foxx - a reference to Barack Obama as "our Lord and savior" - has stirred up the predictable sectors of the outrage machine. I almost missed it, until Todd Akin's campaign reached out to its fundraising list and reminded me of its existence.

Voters Have Spoken: Anti-Choice Politicians Are Out

President Obama will spend four more years in the White House defending women's freedom and privacy, and many NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC-endorsed candidates emerged victorious!
But, remember all those guys who recently said some horrible things about whether rape survivors should have access to abortion care? Well, pro-choice voters spoke out yesterday and sent them all packing.

Sen. McCaskill in Kansas City - Get Out the Vote Rally

This evening Senator Claire McCaskill (D) spoke at a get out the vote rally at Laborer's Local 264 Hall in Kansas City. There were approximately a hundred people (mostly supporters and a few media) in attendance.

VOTD: 'Sleazy Dude Votes Republican'

VOTD: 'Sleazy Dude Votes Republican'
If you've been dying to know which party is sweeping the sleazy guy vote, look no further! Today's video points out that sleazy guys around America will be voting full-force with the GOP to further disenfranchise women.

New Support for Todd Akin

According to Talking Points Memo, Todd Akin's got a super PAC - a real one - behind him and they're ponying up $800,000 to place ads asking folks to vote for Akin because he'll help tip Senate support to a potential Romney administration. Guess they haven't seen the latest polls or else they wouldn't be counting their chickens before they're hatched. It doesn't necessarily  look like there's going to be a President Romney....

Tina Fey's GOP Frustrations: 'Am I a Secretary On Mad Men?'

Tina Fey's GOP Frustrations: 'Am I a Secretary On Mad Men?'
Today's video comes from last night's Center for Reproductive Rights Inaugural Gala. Tina Fey shares a similar frustration with the GOP as many of us at this point by stating "If I have to listen to one more gray-faced man with a two-dollar haircut explain to me what rape is, I'm going to lose my mind!"

The Contributor on Current's Viewpoint

The Contributor on Current's Viewpoint
The Contributor's Editor-In-Chief Tina Dupuy joined Viewpoint's Host John Fugelsang, filling in for Eliot Spitzer, and Media Matter's Senior Fellow Eric Boehlert tonight on Current.
Watch these media minds discuss the narrative of momentum against the reality of polling and the electoral map. They also get into how rape and abortion and the quest for the female vote is going with the party of Todd Akin, Joe Walsh and Richard Mourdock.

Nancy Keenan Talks Extreme Anti-Choice Politicians with Rachel Maddow

Nancy Keenan Talks Extreme Anti-Choice Politicians with Rachel Maddow
Our own Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, stopped by The Rachel Maddow Show last night to talk about the recent slew of outrageous anti-choice comments from the campaign trail.
Most recently, we heard Richard Mourdock, who is running for Senate in Indiana, say that pregnancy resulting from rape is "something that God intended to happen."
But tha...

Yard Sign Litmus Test


A split ticket yard sign display in upscale urban Kansas City, via an anonymous source:
It took strong sentiments to permit those fence posts to be driven into that manicured lawn.

Evidently, for some, Todd Akin's (R) crazy talk isn't as palatable as Mitt Romney's (R) mendacity.

McCaskill Pulls Out All the Stops: Three New Ads Featuring Rape Victims

McCaskill Pulls Out All the Stops: Three New Ads Featuring Rape Victims
Claire McCaskill's campaign released three ads today going after Todd Akins' "Legitimate Rape" comments very directly:

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