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Besides engaging in what is arguably considered a vicious war on women, the GOP is shaping up not to be the brightest box of crayons…

(CNN) — A defiant Republican Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri said Tuesday that he will stay in the Senate race to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill despite mounting calls from across the political spectrum for him to withdraw over incendiary comments on rape and pregnancy. Akin cited what he called a grassroots conservative movement in the […]

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ST. LOUIS — Missouri Congressman Todd Akin (pictured), a conservative Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, sparked a furor and earned a rebuke from Mitt…