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stupid party. >> and the clock is ticking for congressman todd akin. >> todd akin is not leaving his race for the u.s. senate. >> he's digging in. >> stop digging. >> and now running a new ad -- >> asking for forgimpbs. >> i ask for your forgiveness. >> forgiveness? unlikely. >> todd akin is really inconvenient. >> he is thumbing his nose. >> the timing couldn't be worse for this. >> republican party leaders are calling for his ouster. >> i'm tired of us being stupid! >> there's just one issue for the gop. >> mainstream is really extreme. >> this problem goes all the way to the heart...

and we're going to begin this morning with mounting pressure. despite more prominent republicans criticizing him, congressman todd akin says he's not a quitter and will not drop off of his race. he is facing louder calls from gop officials for him to stop aside. nbc's steve handelsman has the story. >> reporter: posing possible damage to the ryan/romney presidential campaign. with women voters, they already disproportionately back president obama, who weighed in. >> the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. >> reporter: it was republican congressman todd akin, running for a s...

>> republicans are desperate for akin to quit the race. senator mitch mcconnell said today akin made a deeply offensive error and said sorry is not sufficient. national republican committee chair rich priebus called the comments biologically stupid. and maine senator olympia snowe said akin's comments were repugnant and outland i shall. karl rove's crossroads gps pac announced it would pull millions of dollars in funding for akin telling cbs news that the act speaks for itself. and there were many other republican voices who are now calling for akin to get out. the reason -- well, th...

pregnant female was the subject of an act of forcible rape. akin's comments are part of a larger effort by conservatives to de-legitimize victims of rape in hopes of curbing abortions. clayton williams compared rape to bad weather, saying if it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it. when congressman akin was a state legislator in 1991, he voted to back an anti-marital rape law warning that women pull the rape card quote, in a real messy divorce as a tool and a legal weapon to beat up on the husband. what's more, the baseless and defensive claim that women rarely get pregnant from rap...

>> now to show he's a regular guy, president obama, you know what he does? hebrews his own beer at the white house. >> no, you're kidding. >> no, that's true. he and i guess the cabinet buddies get together. he's like a regular samuel adams. >> smelling the hops. >> mitt romney is also quite a brewmeister. take a look. >> to connect with working class americans, barack obama has been drinking beer with voters at campaign stops and has even begun brewing his own white house beer. not to be outdone, mitt romney has come up with his own signature drink. take four ounces of cold tap wate...