In this issue: Social conservatives stick with Todd Akin despite GOP establishment attacks against him. Karl Rove is behind the orchestrated attempt to dump Todd Akin. Mike Huckabee announces that he will not back away from Todd Akin. Ted Cruz beats the establishment in Texas and will be the next GOP Senator. GING-PAC endorses jeff Duncan in South Carolina. GING-PAC stands behind Michele Bachmann despite attacks by John McCain.

Democrat Bill Foster’s huge victory in the race for Dennis Hastert’s old House seat in the Illinois special election on March 8th is really bad news for the Republican Party. The 14th district of Illinois is solidly Republican, and in 2004 President George W. Bush carried it by a whopping 22 point margin over Senator

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