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Welcome back to "the ed show." things got a little more complicated and a little more strange in the senate race. congressman todd akin coined the phrase "legitimate rape." romney asked him to drop out. race. he refused. he admitted going to jail a couple decades ago, spoke out against fair pay for women and a key staffer is comparing him to david koresh during the siege at waco. she meant it as a compliment. texas senator john cornyn announced the republican senate committee will not put any mo...

>> welcome back to the ed show. things got more complicate and a little more strange in missouris senate race. congressman todd akin further divided the gop and put mitt romney in a tough position. he coined the phrase legitimate race. romney asked him to dropout and he made a lot of news. he admitted to going to jail in a pro life rally a couple decades ago and spoke out about fair pay for women and a key staffer is comparing him to david koresh in the siege at waco. she meant it as a complimen...

Forget he should drop out of the race. he should drop out of public life. >> democrats taking full advantage of this controversy. even reshuffling their lineup at their convention to include speeches by several abortion and womens rights activists. shep? >> shepard: he had strong support from evangelical christians and you wonder if he wont get more support from missouri voters than he has gotten from his own party. >> i think thats what is he counting on. here is a statistic that may play into ...