Todd Akin

Rep. Todd Akin (R - MO) is a movement conservative in Missouri who is the Republican Party nominee for one of the most-watched races for the U.S. Senate in 2012. He has represented a portion of the greater St. Louis, Missouri area in the House of Representatives since 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace God." [1] [2]

Todd Akin has never lost an election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more liberal opponents.

A veteran, Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the Republican Party in Congress. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of prayer and charity. His family has homeschooled their children.

In August 2012, Akin addressed a suggestion that there should be a broad rape exception for limiting abortion. He distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," an ambiguous word choice that the liberal media then took out of context. The Romney-Ryan campaign, which has caved in to liberals on abortion and other important social issues, ran away from Todd Akin in a manner that reflected poorly on themselves. [3]

Todd Akin has stood up against media bullying and namecalling by liberals such as Piers Morgan of CNN.