Todd Akin

Schwarzenegger, your He-Man days have come and gone

2013-03-17 05:13:00

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Invitation to the postelection dance

2012-12-16 00:00:00

I am traveling around the country these days trying to get people to buy my new book. During the day, I fly to distant cities, my nerves frayed by turbulence, trying to catch a glimpse of the pilot to see if he is drunk or on cocaine. At night, I go...

The Times' 2012 list of the naughty and the nice

2012-12-25 00:00:00

Santa's not the only one who makes lists. As we reflect on 2012, we too have thoughts about who should look forward to a cheerful holiday morning and who deserves a lump of coal. Below, The Times' reflections on who's been naughty and who's been nice....

Rape victims 'enjoy it,' Indonesia Supreme Court hopeful suggests

2013-01-17 04:00:00

An Indonesian Supreme Court hopeful may have torpedoed his chances at the job after suggesting that women might enjoy being raped, infuriating a wide array of critics. Daming Sanusi made the inflammatory remarks Monday while being interviewed by a...

In confirmation battle, big guns are aimed at Chuck Hagel

2013-01-09 05:00:00

In the trench warfare that characterizes politics in the nation's capital these days, Chuck Hagel is like a soldier stuck in no-man's land, getting shot at from both sides. President Obama's choice of Hagel as his nominee to become secretary of...

Orange County judge’s rape remarks mirror Todd Akin's

2012-12-14 08:53:05

Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate

2012-11-07 00:50:00

WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...

A Thanksgiving Day good news list

2012-11-22 00:00:00

Along with giving thanks for making it to another Thanksgiving Day, The Times' editorial board is grateful that: The 2012 elections are finally over. And that after the June presidential primary, the November general election, this coming March's...

Column: Reality crashes the Republican Party

2012-11-09 16:04:00

It turns out this presidential election wasn't so much about race after all, but about something bigger, more fundamental and harder to ignore. And there's a lesson here for shellshocked Republicans, still wondering how things went so wrong: It's time to...

Democrats had a better grasp of political reality in 2012

2012-11-08 04:41:00

As a candidate, Mitt Romney was his own worst enemy. He thought he could amass a majority saying things that would please the crowd in front of him and contradict himself with another crowd somewhere down the line without anyone taking notice. He...

Mitt Romney chokes on Richard Mourdock's rape comment

2012-10-25 23:31:00

Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, the tea party usurper who took down Sen. Richard Lugar in the Republican primary, created the biggest political buzz of the week by uttering the following sentence in a televised debate: “I think even...

McManus: A Rove 'money bomb'?

2012-09-26 00:00:00

Here's a short list of Democrats who secretly hope Mitt Romney gets his presidential campaign turned around fast and gives President Obama a run for his money: Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic Senate candidate in North Dakota; Jon Tester, the Democratic...

The phrase was uttered by GOP congressman and Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin in service of his contention that when women are really and truly raped, their bodies magically ward off pregnancy -- and it pretty much sums up the ineptness of the Republicans' 2012 message.

2012-12-27 10:28:59

Democrats had plenty to celebrate with the defeats of Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock, but culture warriors on the left took special pleasure in the downfall of Florida Rep. Allen West, among the most notorious "tea party" blowhards in Congress.

2012-12-14 11:38:29

The success of the "tea party" in wresting the House of Representatives from Democrats in 2010 cemented its place as a political force to be reckoned with, but the tea party itself faced a reckoning in 2012.

2012-12-14 11:31:22