Senate Retirements Pose Opportunity For Republicans

Past Self-Destruction Looms Large Over GOP Opportunities
FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2012 file photo, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., gives a news conference 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. In Missouri and Illinois, Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate lost races that their party initially expected to win after making widely criticized comments regarding abortion rights for impregnated rape victims. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2012 file photo, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., gives a news conference 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. In Missouri and Illinois, Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate lost races that their party initially expected to win after making widely criticized comments regarding abortion rights for impregnated rape victims. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings, File)

The news was good for Republicans over the weekend when Tom Harkin announced that he wouldn’t seek a sixth term in the U.S. Senate.

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