Un viol véritable?

 Il y aurait peu de viols "véritables" (legitimate rapes)... Cette remarque du candidat républicain Todd Akin (Missouri) a soulevé un tollé. Pressé par des membres de son parti, M. Akin s'est excusé aujourd'hui. Le poussera-t-on maintenant vers la sortie?

 "Pressure from the mainstream Republican Party mounted on Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri to drop his bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in November because of his comments about "legitimate rape" and opposing abortion in rape cases.

 Top congressional Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas advised Akin to spend time considering what is best for his family, party and country -- political code for urging him to withdraw.

 "What he said is just flat wrong in addition to being wildly offensive to any victim of sexual abuse," McConnell said in a statement. "Although Representative Akin has apologized, I believe he should take time with his family to consider whether this statement will prevent him from effectively representing our party in this critical election."

The National Republican Senatorial Committee headed by Cornyn has advised Akin that it will not support his campaign if he stays in the race, a source from the group told CNN.

In an interview on Monday with WMUR television in Manchester, New Hampshire, Romney echoed the sentiment of other GOP leaders, according to a tweet from the station's political director, Kevin McElveen: "@MittRomney on if Akin should end senate bid- 'he should spend 24 hours considering what will best help the country at this critical time."

Missouri election rules allow a candidate to withdraw with little difficulty through Tuesday, which is 11 weeks prior to the Nov. 6 election.

After Tuesday, the candidate must get a court order and pay for any necessary reprinting of ballots. The state Republican Party would choose another candidate to run against McCaskill, considered one of the most vulnerable senators in the country. Akin apologized Monday for what he called a serious error in using the wrong words when he stated in an earlier interview that "legitimate rape" rarely resulted in pregnancy.
  "I was talking about forcible rape," Akin said on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's radio show. "It was absolutely the wrong word."

 http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/politics/campaign-wrap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1