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DonViejo

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Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:15 AM Apr 2013

Claire McCaskill Invokes Todd Akin In Race Against Mark Sanford

IGOR BOBIC 11:08 AM EDT, TUESDAY APRIL 23, 2013

Sen. Claire McCaskill may have won re-election, but she's not through using the epic collapse of one-time challenger Todd Akin to spur action amongst her supporters.

The Missouri Democrat emailed supporters Tuesday to contribute to Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of Comedy Central comedian Stephen Colbert, in her attempt to head off Mark Sanford's political revival in South Carolina's first congressional district.

"We have a lot of important issues going on in Congress right now, and the last thing we need is another self-serving, far-right Republican in the House," she said, recalling Sanford's scandal and subsequent resignation.

But McCaskill also reminded her supporters that even though national Republicans appear to have pulled their funding for Sanford in the wake of new trespassing allegations by his ex-wife, Jenny Sanford, the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee could reverse course -- just like they did late in the race for Todd Akin. "That's what the Republicans said when I ran against Todd 'Legitimate Rape' Akin last year, but they lied," she said. "They came back to massively fund Akin in the homestretch of our campaign, and they'll do the same for Sanford.

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/claire-mccaskill-invokes-todd-akin-in-race-against

Last sentence of the article reports Colbert-Busch has opened a 9 point poll lead over Sanford

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Claire McCaskill Invokes Todd Akin In Race Against Mark Sanford (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2013 OP
McCaskill makes an excellent point Zambero Apr 2013 #1

Zambero

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1. McCaskill makes an excellent point
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:26 AM
Apr 2013

As with Akin, wingnuts will attempt to pick up the slack to make up for the national GOP withdrawal of support for Sanford. Despite an early lead, Elizabeth Colbert Busch should not be considered a shoo-in in a very conservative district. Time to kick in a few bucks as this race is indeed winnable, but also loseable if the support is not there!

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