Lazarus Rises in Missouri

摘要

Of those lonely souls deemed untouchable in polite political circles, the persona non grata of the year has to be Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri. So swift and thorough was Akin's shunning by his fellow Republicans after his infamous midsummer gaffe-"legitimate rape," he told a TV interviewer, rarely results in pregnancy because a woman's body can shut down and prevent conception-that the smart money had Akin out of the race by Labor Day.