Karl Rove On Akin: ‘He Has Some Real Explaining To Do’

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GOP strategy guru Karl Rove said Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) infamous “legitimate rape” comments are going to be a problem in Missouri, but didn’t explicitly condemn him or call for him to drop out in the race, as some other Republican consultants have. 

“He has some real explaining to do.,” Rove said. 

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