Did the Democrats miscalculate in MO?

[MadHound]

56. McCaskill did the only thing she could to win the election,

And it has succeeded magnificently.

She basically double dog dared state Republicans to elect the most conservative, wingnut candidate in the primary, and thus we got Akin. It was well known that Akin was a time bomb of a whack job, just a matter of time before he did something stupid.

And voila! less than two weeks after the primary, Akin did such a dumbass move that he lost ten points in the polls overnight, not to mention much of his funding.

He is toast now. Moderates, independents simply won't vote for this embarrassment of a man, and thus will vote for Claire. Not to mention that this one action reenergized the left and Democrats in this state. No, McCaskill wasn't popular in this state, not on the left, not on the right. But with Akin spewing this sort of garbage, people are now going to come out in droves to vote for her, which will not only give her the Senate, but could very well throw Missouri into Obama's column. After all, he only lost here in '08 by three thousand votes or so.

No, this wasn't a gamble, this was a brilliant stroke of political gamesmanship, and it is going to pay off handsomely this fall.