Todd Akin Rape Comments Earn Sympathy Among Conservative Women In His District

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U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., addresses members of the media in Chesterfield, Mo., Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, where he confirmed his plans to remain in Missouri's U.S. Senate race despite a political uproar over remarks he made about rape and pregnancy. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings)
U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., addresses members of the media in Chesterfield, Mo., Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, where he confirmed his plans to remain in Missouri's U.S. Senate race despite a political uproar over remarks he made about rape and pregnancy. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings)

FENTON, MO. -- A thousand miles from the Republican National Convention in Tampa and the approaching winds of Tropical Storm Isaac, Sharon Barnes and Janice DeWeese were busy in the heart of conservative America, battling their own gusts of wind, setting up a white tent and arranging tables to keep the "Defending What's Sacred!" pamphlets from blowing away.

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