This gaffe has far more legs nationally than it does in Missouri. I can't imagine it will cost him even one vote, much less the 100K halfy estimates. Who, in their right mind, is going to change their vote based on this? You didn't know exactly what he stood for and how he thought about abortion? The faux outrage and all of the calls that people aren't going to vote for him now are a joke. This will blow over in matter of days and he can get on with beating Claire by 10+ points in the election.

By the way, he was not my choice to run against her. If the GOP panics and forces him out, it won't hurt my feelings one bit. I am reasonable sure that any one of them could beat Claire in the general election anyway. Hard to imagine having a worse Senator than she has been...