Gingrich: Akin win could rebuke GOP establishment
October 31, 2012
By DAVID A. LIEB
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Former presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says Missouri voters can send a powerful signal to “the moneyed Republican establishment” by electing congressman Todd Akin over Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Akin apologized but rejected calls to quit.
Dozens of McCaskill supporters protested Wednesday’s rally with signs referencing Akin’s rape remark. McCaskill was to campaign later Wednesday in St. Louis — her first event since her mother’s death Monday.