{"id":5450,"date":"2014-04-02T09:01:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2014-04-02T09:01:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:01:12","slug":"is-democrat-iowa-senate-candidate-braley-this-years-todd-akin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/04\/02\/is-democrat-iowa-senate-candidate-braley-this-years-todd-akin\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Democrat Iowa Senate Candidate Braley this Year&#8217;s &#8220;Todd Akin&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In 2012, an unnecessary and idiotic remark destroyed Todd Akin and allowed an unpopular incumbent Senator to loose, and likely also contributed to the loss of the Indiana Senate seat.\u00a0 The Democrats hounded the Republicans as being anti-woman and pro-rape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It turns out that the 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2014\/03\/the-iowa-senate-race-becomes-fully-competitive.php\" target=\"_blank\">version<\/a> of Todd Akin may end up being Democrat candidate for the open Iowa Senate seat, current Congressman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2014\/03\/add-iowa-to-the-gops-senate-pickup-list.php\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Braley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Braley was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QH51LNpqZ94\" target=\"_blank\">caught on hidden camera<\/a> belittling Iowa farmers while extolling trial lawyers:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QH51LNpqZ94\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Fail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bruce-braley-fundraiser-screencap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bruce Braley fundraiser screencap Iowa Senate\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bruce-braley-fundraiser-screencap.jpg 354w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bruce-braley-fundraiser-screencap-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><br \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Is Democrat Iowa Senate Candidate Braley this Year's 'Todd Akin'?\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"It turns out that the 2014 version of Todd Akin may end up being Democrat candidate for the open Iowa Senate seat, current Congressman Bruce Braley.\"><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bruce-braley-fundraiser-screencap.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In 2012, an unnecessary and idiotic remark destroyed Todd Akin and allowed an unpopular incumbent Senator to loose, and likely also contributed to the loss of the Indiana Senate seat.\u00a0 The Democrats hounded the Republicans as being anti-woman and pro-rape. &hellip; 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