CNN’s Enten: It’s a Much Better Road for Josh Hawley to Win than Todd Akin 6 Years Ago

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BERMAN: "There are people sort of with shady memories who will think back six years and say, 'Wait a second. We though Claire McCaskill was supposed to lose six years ago, but...'"
BERMAN: "Right. If you remember six years ago she was going up against Todd Akin who, of course, made those regrettable remarks about rape. And by the end of the campaign, what you saw was that Todd Akin was one of the least popular politicians in the country, and the final polling since his net favorability rating was minus 14 percentage points. That's not very good. I would say that that probable have a higher ranking among Yankee fans, for instance. Of course, I hate the New York Yankees —
BERMAN: "As everyone knows."
ENTEN: "As everyone knows. As you know, John. Todd Akin was very, very unpopular. Now look where Josh Hawley is right now, this was in the latest Fox News poll. He is at a +2 percentage points favorability rating, so he's far more popular than Todd Akin was just six years ago, and the fact that he is there and giving Donald Trump standing in the state, it’s a much better road for him looking at this point than it was for Todd Akin just six years ago."