Missourians who are alarmed by America's continuing slide into national decline need to vote on November 6 for Todd Akin for the U.S. Senate. Before explaining why, some background: First, I didn't vote for Mr. Akin in Missouri's August 7 Republican primary; I voted for Sarah Steelman. Ms. Steelman got my vote because I felt she might have the better shot at defeating the incumbent, Democrat Claire McCaskill -- as Dick Morris put it on Fox News, "[i]t takes a woman to beat a woman." But my gal lost. So when Akin made his unfortunate remark about abortion, I dashed off a quick blog about a write-in candidacy. I even suggested Steelman. But no plausible write-in candidate has emerged. Second, to give my endorsement of Akin added salience, know that I disagree with Akin on abortion. Yes, I'm a "pro-choice" Republican. But I'm voting for Akin anyway because there are far more urgent problems confronting America than the remote possibility that abortion rights might be curtailed, and these are issues....
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