Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150813:00:23:00
>> akin would go on to win the gop primary thanks that large part to that ad and then lose the general after suggesting the victims of, quote, legitimate rape rarely get pregnant. mccaskill kept the senate seat almost no one thought she would hang on to. >> you have to be such a bummer, dude. >> it's august. not august the election year but the year before the election. we've never seen anything like this before, so much focus on polls so early in the campaign. as much as we would like to see the drama play itself out. you can't overcome the cal end darr. we're half a year until iowa. if you l...