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Welcome back to "the ed show." not to say that i told you so, but i knew i was going to be doing this story before too long. since making national headlines with his legitimate rape comment, congressman todd akin has been walking a lonely road in the missouri senate race against claire mccaskill, the incumbent. top national republicans, what do they do? well, they urged him to step down. republican groups pulled funds from his race. last week, the chair of the rnc said akin won't receive any support from the party. but he continues to win the support of some big-name republican rebels, i guess...

August 19th todd akin said only some rapes are legitimate. what will he say next? >> so, mark this is the first time she's used that about the legitimate rape comment. what strikes you about this ad in general? >> we knew it was coming and came pretty much minutes if not hours after we all knew that todd akin was officially going to remain in the missouri senate contest. the other thing i think is quite striking potentially more damaging ads that clare mccaskill could run with the republicans and mitt romney all saying that somehow todd akin needed to step down, i wouldn't be surprised if she ...

Yes. >> that's fair enough. >> so after that the president went to a fundraiser with power couple beyonce and jay-z and pointed out that he's got a lot in common with jay-z saying, quote, we both have daughters and our wives are more popular than we are. we have a little bond there. newt gingrich was one of the only republicans who defended congressman todd akin when he made the rape comment. now he is going one step further with a fundraiser next week. it was announced this morning by conservative activist phyllis shafly. late night comics are having a field day with the secretly recorded v...

Interview mitt romney said, i think the president was born in the u.s. it was just a joke. so i think it's case closed. >> he's also said that leading up to, during his candidacy he said that for the most part. anyway, as we move on to overall this week, not a really great one for the gop leading up to the convention especially with the todd akin's legitimate rape comment. how much does that detract from the republican convention's message? >> i think that is a serious issue for the romney/ryan ticker. in this media clutter, congressman akin's words really broke through. just about everybody...

To tampa, especially with the todd akin's legitimate rape comment. how much will this distract from the message? >> it was definitely a rough week but this is an opportunity for the romney campaign and for governor romney to sort of define himself and reintroduce himself to the american public. people are just starting to tune in right now. this is a great opportunity for him to say this is who i am and what i'm about and sort of drive home his message. i think this might be a weekend story but maybe by monday it will be long gone. >> speaking of monday, ed, ann romney has been moved to tuesda...