Newt Gingrich visits St. Louis area for Todd Akin campaign

Rep. Todd Akin speaks to reporters following a press conference with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich 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