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Akin Advisor: Thanks for Nothing, Guys

After it was revealed that the NRSC secretly funneled $760,000 to Todd Akin in the final days of his losing Missouri senate campaign, Akin’s top advisor tells TPM it was the NRSC’s “incompetent leadership” and trashing of his candidate that played a key roll in Akin’s defeat.

Josh Marshall

Josh Marshall is editor and publisher of TalkingPointsMemo.com.

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