Rep. Todd Akin is wrong about rape and pregnancy, but he's not alone

Todd Akin may have uttered words that got him in trouble, his actual positions are embraced by many in the mainstream of the Republican Party. Akin voted for a federal marriage amendment twice, just like Paul Ryan and the vast majority of Republicans

Wednesday night on Hannity, conservative columnist Ann Coulter and host Sean Hannity strongly expressed their mutual disappointment in GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin's refusal to step aside in the wake of his

Along with John C Willke, a key influence on Todd Akin is another giant in Christianist circles: James D Kennedy. Dish alum Zack Beauchamp is on the case, revealing that Akin "has deep ties to Reverend Kennedy, having

If you thought Rep. Todd Akin's claim that women can naturally “shut down” the possibility of a rape-induced pregnancy was unique, boy were you wrong.

Todd Akin — a watershed moment for conservatives? Phillip Klein argues that the reaction by Republicans to the Todd Akin mess seems to signal a new sophistication of the conservative movement: In recent years, we've