Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., still has supporters both in his home state and in high places, despite furor over his comments surrounding "legitimate rape" and abortion made two weeks ago. KCUR interviewed voters attending a fireworks display in downtown Kansas City Saturday. Another supporter came in the form of Newt Gingrich.
* Gina Townley told KCUR she still supports Akin for his conservative views on government, not necessarily abortions. Townley said she feels Akin is "very out of touch" yet she supports "a conservative government."
* Akin has Townley's support even though her mother was a victim of rape herself. Of the three voters interviewed by the radio station, two said they would still vote for Akin despite misgivings. A third said she was undecided. Two other interviewees at a separate event said they support Akin because of the national GOP abandoning him instead of supporting one of their own.
* Political science professor George Connor of Missouri State University told KCUR he wasn't surprised by Akin's support because he and Sen. Claire McCaskill "diverge on so many other issues."
* Akin has another supporter in Gingrich. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Gingrich was interviewed Sunday morning by NBC's "Meet the Press." Gingrich said, "I think Todd Akin was the choice of the people in Missouri, and Todd Akin has publicly apologized."
* Gingrich also blasted GOP strategist and fundraiser Karl Rove for his comments about finding the representative "mysteriously murdered." Gingrich said in his interview, "In the age of Gabby Giffords, it is not a joke to say that a member of Congress ought to get murdered."
* Conservative political activist Phyllis Schlafly on Saturday called for Rove to resign. KMOX reports Schlafly called Rove's comments, "the most malicious remark ever made in Republican politics." Schlafly is a St. Louis native and founder of the Eagle Forum. She further said anyone who hires Rove will be tarnished due to his remarks about Akin's demise.
* Supporters are behind Akin despite fundraisers pulling out. The national Republican Party threatened to withhold funding if Akin doesn't step down. The Associated Press reported Thursday the Missouri Farm Bureau is reconsidering its endorsement of Akin. A "majority" of the farm bureau's county leaders want to vote on whether or not to change the endorsement despite 99 percent of the organization's members supporting Akin before his comments.
* The news of Akin's supporters comes less than a week after former Gingrich aide Rick Tyler said he has been hired by the controversial representative's campaign. The Associated Press reported Thursday Tyler joined Akin's staff just as the representative resumed normal campaigning in Missouri.
William Browning is a research librarian specializing in U.S. politics.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/todd-akin-still-finds-support-republican-convention-194000973.html
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