If your candidate says something insane and repugnant about rape, the electorate has a way of shutting the whole thing down.
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Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 07, 2012
Slate business-and-economics correspondent Matthew Yglesias put his own spin on Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin’s comment that women’s bodies can shut down to avoid pregnancy after a what he called a “legitimate” rape.





