Schedule:
10.31.2012 =: US Senate Overview
11.01.2012 1: US House Overview 1 (Northeast, New England, Midwest)
11.01.2012 2: US House Overview 2 (West, Southwest, Texas, South, Florida)
11.02.2012 1: IN-Sen (Donnelly v. Mourdock)11.02.2012 2: WI-01 (Zerban v. Ryan)
11.02.2012 3: WI-Sen (Baldwin v. Thompson)
11.03.2012 1: MO-Gov (Nixon v. Spence), MO-Lt. Gov, Mo-SoS, MO-AG, MO-Treasurer
11.03.2012 2: MO-Sen (McCaskill v. Akin)
11.04.2012 1: IL-10 (Schneider v. Dold)
11.04.2012 2: IL-08 (Duckworth v. Walsh)
11.04.2012 3: IL-11 (Foster v. Biggert)
11.05.2012 1: IL-17 (Bustos v. Schilling)
11.05.2012 2: IL-13 (Gill v. Davis v. Hartman)
11.05.2012 3: IL-12 (My home district, Enyart v. Gill)
11.06.2012 1 : POTUS/VPOTUS (Obama/Biden v. Romney/Ryan v. Stein/Honkala v. Johnson v. Gray)
11.06.2012 2: GOTV/Election Day diary
1 = Morning
2 = Afternoon/Early Evening
3 = Evening/Overnight
When this election cycle began, it was basically almost guaranteed that Claire McCaskill (D) the most vulnerable person in the Senate for the Democrats to lose. That changed when the ultra-right-wingextremist Congressman Todd Akin (R) won his party's primary and his subsequent "legitimate rape" comment on KTVI's The Jaco Report. There has been more information about Akin's ties to militantanti-abortionextremists and even was arrested at least 8 times in the 1980s (including at least one at the Hope Clinic in my hometown of Granite City). Akin is a foot solider in the GOP War On Women and the rest of the far-right agenda.
The Libertarian Party's opponent, Jonathan Dine, also ran against Roy Blunt and Robin Carnahan in 2012.
Now: It looks like McCaskill will hold on to this seat, much like what happened with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holding on to his seat in Nevada and Governor Pat Quinn did in Illinois in 2010. Had McCaskill been facing off against either of Akin's opponents in the GOP Primary (John Brunner and Sarah Steelman) instead, this seat would likely be a pickup for the GOP. Conversely, either of them could just as likely folded just like Tommy Thompson is doing now in Wisconsin.