Ahhh! The Missouri Senate Race.

Well, Todd Akin, the Senate candidate for Missouri is in. The deadline for pulling out is past. The Republican National Committee succeeded in getting him to stay in the race. No. Wait. The RNC tried to get him to drop out of the race. It was Newt Gingrich that got him to stay in. In a last minute effort, Newt convinced Akin that stating women who are legitimately raped can summon the ability to shut off pregnancy, a really neat trick if you haven't thought about it, Gingrich convinced Akin that this is no big deal. Why look at Newt himself. He's made statements that made absolutely no sense and look at what he's become. Newt also pointed out that this isn't exactly a blue state. Even the suggestion that there is a difference in how the rape happened and therefore how the female body is capable of reacting to it isn't such a stretch for a state where the majority of folks think dinosaurs wandered around creating road hazards in ancient Mesopotamia. And as proof, he's still running neck and neck with a capable incumbent. What I'm still not clear about is exactly which rapes are legitimate and which are not? I mean how do you tell which is which? Is the legitimate rape one where the perpetrator first gets official permission to rape while the illegitimate rape has no such official commendation? Is there a license or permit? Is there a course one has to take, do you need to pass a test? Is it a pass-fail test or is it graded? On a curve? Really folks, whether you're Republican or Democrat, who would vote for this guy? I mean I realize that Republicans want to win every seat, just as Democrats do, but does anyone actually want this guy on a Senate committee? What committee would you suggest? I know he sits on some sort of Science Committee in the House of Representatives. But that's because Boehner has an odd sense of humor. I'm not sure McConnell has that kind of humor. No, I think they'd have to create a new committee for Akin to inhabit. They could install Michelle Bachmann as chair of that committee and call it crazy.