The Republican Party has historically leveraged the subject of abortion far more effectively than Democrats. This year, it could cost them control of the Senate. …
Two major blows have befallen the Republicans since August. First, Todd Akin’s campaign imploded over his statement that women rarely get pregnant from “legitimate rape.”
Now, Senate candidate Richard Mourdock in Indiana is watching his luck nosedive after stating that “even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.” Under the Signal’s prediction model, his odds of victory have plummeted 50 points in 36 hours. [cont.]
David Rothschild, Yahoo! News: The Signal