Todd Akin campaigns in Missouri (8 images)

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R) and Rep. Todd Akin enter the Kirkwood train station for a press conference in Kirkwood, Missouri on September 24, 2012. Gingrich is visiting the area to help Akin with his U.S. Senate campaign fundraising where he is opposing incumbant Claire McCaskill. Akin has lost republican party funding after making remarks about rape on a St. Louis television station last month. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Protestors yell their message outside of the Renaissance Grand Hotel as Republican U.S. Senate nominee Todd Akin, addresses supporters before starting his ÒCommon Sense Bus Tour,Ó which will tour the state for the next four days, in St. Louis on September 25, 2012. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Protestors yell their message outside of the Renaissance Grand Hotel as Republican U.S. Senate nominee Todd Akin, addresses supporters before starting his ÒCommon Sense Bus Tour,Ó which will tour the state for the next four days, in St. Louis on September 25, 2012. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Rep. Todd Akin speaks during a press conference while former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich looks on at the Kirkwood train station in Kirkwood, Missouri on September 24, 2012. Gingrich is visiting the area to help Akin with his U.S. Senate campaign fundraising where he is opposing incumbant Claire McCaskill. Akin has lost republican party funding after making remarks about rape on a St. Louis television station last month. UPI/Bill Greenblatt