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    Aug 24, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. The decline of party power

    No recent development has underlined the decline of political party clout more than beleaguered Senate Republican nominee Todd Akin's refusal to accede to GOP leadership demands that he withdraw from his race against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Gerald Ford, Democratic Party, Reince Priebus, Joe Biden

    2. Aug 23, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  2. Police, FBI Investigate Reported Threat Against Rep. Akin

    WASHINGTON -- 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.
    CNN
    WASHINGTON -- 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. There is "an active, open investigation, Lt. Kimberly Schneider said,...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, FBI, Government, Primaries, Entertainment

    3. Aug 20, 2012 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  3. GOP Senate candidate Smith disavows Akin rape comments

    Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith said another GOP Senate candidate's incendiary remarks on abortion and rape do not "reflect the pro-life community's beliefs."
    Call Washington Bureau
    Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith said another GOP Senate candidate's incendiary remarks on abortion and rape do not "reflect the pro-life community's beliefs." Smith, who is anti-abortion, joined the growing chorus of Republican...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Rape, Sex Crimes, Mitt Romney, White House

    4. Aug 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Akin's rape comments elicit anger in Md., U.S.

    Furor surged in Maryland and across the country Monday over a Missouri congressman's comment that he opposes abortion in most cases of rape because women rarely become pregnant during a "legitimate rape."
    Furor surged in Maryland and across the country Monday over a Missouri congressman's comment that he opposes abortion in most cases of rape because women rarely become pregnant during a "legitimate rape." Though Rep. Todd Akin, a Republican who is...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Sex Crimes, Mitt Romney, Punishment

    5. Aug 20, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  5. Todd Akin backtracks on rape comments

    Missouri, by any other name, is misery.  And Missouri is truly misery right now for a Republican party hoping to win back theU.S. Senate. And here's why.
    KIAH
    Missouri, by any other name, is misery.  And Missouri is truly misery right now for a Republican party hoping to win back theU.S. Senate. And here's why. This guy, six-term congressman Todd Akin looked to be the party`s best bet to send first-term...

    Tags: Todd Akin , Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Abortion, Barack Obama

    6. Aug 21, 2012 |Column| Hartford Courant

  6. GOP Contenders Decry 'Legitimate Rape' Drivel, But What Could They Do In D.C.?

    The Hartford Courant
    The two Connecticut Republicans with excellent shots at election to Congress this year — Linda McMahon and Andrew Roraback — on Monday were quick to denounce the ignorant comments about rape and women by the GOP Senate nominee from Missouri....

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Government, U.S. House of Representatives, Andrew W Roraback, Quinnipiac University

    7. Aug 20, 2012 |Story| WGNTV-LTV

  7. Akin staying in the race after rape comments

    Despite calls from his own party to step down, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin says he's not walking away from his challenge against incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill.
    Despite calls from his own party to step down, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin says he's not walking away from his challenge against incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill. Questioned on a political talk show about whether abortion should be...

    Tags: Talk Shows (genre), U.S. Senate, Abortion, Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama

    8. Aug 21, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Is Akin really out of the Republican mainstream?

    Missouri is a long way from Maryland, so residents can be forgiven for never having heard of Rep. Todd Akin prior to this week. But when the socially conservative Republican Senate candidate suggested that the victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant, he put himself on the map from Annapolis to Alaska — and launched a political uproar.
    Missouri is a long way from Maryland, so residents can be forgiven for never having heard of Rep. Todd Akin prior to this week. But when the socially conservative Republican Senate candidate suggested that the victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Karl Rove, Democratic Party, Feminism, Rape

    9. Aug 21, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Akin rape comments 'offensive and wrong,' Bartlett says

    Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett repudiated fellow Republican Rep. Todd Akin’s comments on rape Tuesday, while his campaign manager called an attempt by Maryland Democrats to tie Bartlett to the controversy “disgusting.” Akin, the GOP nominee...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Johns Hopkins University, Incest, Howard University

    10. Aug 22, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Akin's 'legitimate' political pain

    It always amuses me when conservatives, who rail relentlessly against "political correctness" when it comes from the left, turn against one of their own like U.S. Rep. Todd Akin for saying what he really means.
    It always amuses me when conservatives, who rail relentlessly against "political correctness" when it comes from the left, turn against one of their own like U.S. Rep. Todd Akin for saying what he really means. Akin, a Missouri Republican and Senate...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Mitt Romney, Politics, Abusive Behavior

    11. Aug 22, 2012 |Story| Daily American

  11. Time to step down

    When a politician no longer has the support of party and constituency, it's time to step down from office. Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation's top Republicans and refused to abandon a Senate bid that has been hobbled by fallout over his comments that...

    Tags: Republican Party, Time (magazine), Entertainment, U.S. Senate, Radio

    12. Oct 3, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  12. Nope, girls shouldn’t have to ‘act like ladies’

    Moms At Work - Orlando Sentinel
    Every now and then, I catch myself telling my daughter to do something “like a lady.” “Sit like a lady,” I say, when she's so engrossed in play that she doesn't recognize that her clothes are in disarray. “Act like a lady,&#...
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