Poll Claims Todd Akin Has Re-Taken Lead on Claire McCaskill

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12. Missouri is like two states

The southern part will vote for Akin regardless of what he says. The upper half of the state is where the Dems get their votes. In the past the Repukers have been getting enough out of the northern half to win many elections but the folks in the upper half care deeply about how the nation looks at the state. I can't imagine any circumstance whereby the voters there vote to become a laughingstock and send somebody to Washington who is embarrassing.