No word yet on exactly when Birther Tim will assume the role of Speaker.

Congratulations to Birther Queen Orly Taitz on installing a fellow birther as Speaker of the Missouri House.

Just as a reminder, this is the tantrum throwing man-child who would be speker:

Posted yesterday on FactCheck.org's Spin Detectors blog: 

In a campaign-funded radio ad to Missouri voters, Rush Limbaugh claimed the state’s lieutenant governor “banned taxpayer-funded travel for politicians” when he led the state Senate. Not really.

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, who is Limbaugh’s friend, spearheaded a moratorium on paying travel expenses for state senators, not all “politicians.” The ban affected only out-of-state travel and failed to affect taxpayer-funded travel within Missouri, which is a far greater cost.

Furthermore, the ban expired after one year.

Kinder’s campaign told us that he had banned out-of-state travel for politicians during his time in the Senate. It’s true that legislators’ out-of-state travel expenses plummeted under Kinder. But the expenses failed to disappear altogether. State representatives — not affected by the Senate ban — continued to spend tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on trips outside Missouri...

In Talking Points Memo today, more on Rep. Todd Akin's extremism:

The New Christine O’Donnells? Hard-Right Nominees Endanger GOP Senate Hopes

Akin’s past includes praising a militia group linked to anti-abortion extremism in the 1990s and voting against creating a sex-offender registry in 2005. Back in 1991, as a state legislator, Akin voted for an anti-marital-rape law, but only after questioning whether it might be misused “in a real messy divorce as a tool and a legal weapon to beat up on the husband,” according to a May 1 article that year in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (via LexisNexis).

The extremism keeps on coming. From The Hill:

Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) voted against the creation of a national sex offender registry and against reauthorizing a program that assists runaway and homeless children.

Both bills passed by wide margins with strong bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled House.

Akin was one of 52 congressmen to vote in 2005 against the creation of a national sex offender registry database that required those convicted of a sex crime to register before completing a prison term and increased mandatory sentences for those convicted of molesting children.

In 2003, he was one of 14 to vote against the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program and the Missing Children's Assistance Act, which provided $105 million in 2004 for housing, outreach and other programs aimed at assisting runaway and homeless children and also authorized $20 million annually through 2008 for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Read more here.

Yesterday, when giving an interview to Greg Knapp on KCMO, republican extremist Todd Akin stated that he would ban emergency contraception because he "believes it is abortion," and he would ban it for everyone, with no exceptions.

Listen here:

First off, let's have a quick run down of what emergency contraception, also known as the morning after pill, is.

The morning after pill works by keeping a woman's ovaries from releasing eggs. Pregnancy cannot happen if there is no egg to join with sperm. If there are no eggs to join with sperm, there can be no pregnancy that can be aborted. Additionally, emergency contraception cannot induce an abortion if a woman is already pregnant so even if she were to take the morning after pill, an abortion would not be induced (Van Look & Stewart, 1998).

Akin was then asked about his views on abortion, something else he is clearly against, and whether or not he would support exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother and he went on to say that only in extreme instances when the life of the mother is in jeopardy would he possibly have an exception. In his words, "you optimize life" which, to me, sounds like if a woman gets pregnant by rape or incest, she must give birth in order to "optimize life," as Akin would put it.

If Akin would ban emergency contraception, what else would he ban? Women's other forms of birth control, since the morning after pill is simply another type of contraception? The question needs an answer since Akin has clearly placed himself on an extremely slippery slope.

What does Akin have to say to a woman who is pregnant after being raped? Worse, a woman raped through incest? Akin's message is clear: you must give birth, no matter what.

With these viewpoints, Akin is so extreme, it's no wonder that his fellow republicans wonder whether or not he has any chance come November.

Full transcript after the jump.

Today on Berger's Beat: 

THE CARNAHANS: A MISSOURI POLITICAL DYNASTY
August 9, 2012 9:46 am | Author: Jerry Berger

Yesterday, in what is sure to be a shock to more than one million Missourians enrolled in the program, republican senate nominee Rep. Todd Akin doubled down on his extremist views of Medicare and called the program a "typically flawed, big government solution" and then went on to advocate for privatizing Social Security.

You'll remember that this isn't the first time Akin has expressed these views. Akin previously said he doubts the constitutionality of Medicare:

Akin’s remarks questioning the constitutionality of Medicare came as he was explaining his vote against prescription coverage under the medical plan for seniors and people with disabilities. He said it was too expensive, and ‘it was expanding an entitlement I wasn’t too comfortable with to begin with.’ Asked about the remarks after the meeting, Akin said, ‘I don’t find in the Constitution that it is the job of the government to provide health care.’”

Additionally, Akin has twice voted for the Paul Ryan budget which would end Medicare as we know it and turn it into a voucher system, saying he "thinks it's the right way to go."

It's clear from his previous comments as well as his remarks yesterday doubling down on his desire to end Medicare and privatize Social Security, Todd Akin is too extreme for Missouri.

Full transcript after the jump.

Former Senator and alleged moderate John Danforth is worried Todd Akin may not appeal to people who didn't vote in the GOP primary on Tuesday. In the News-Leader:  

“Akin is pretty scary to a lot of mainstream Republicans,” [Kenneth Warren, a political science professor at St. Louis University] said, pointing to Akin’s habit of lacing his speeches with religious references, among other things. That can put off business-minded Republicans, not to mention independents.

Former Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo., is a case in point. Asked whether Republicans would unite around Akin now that the primary is over, Danforth said:

“The real question isn’t divisiveness among rock-ribbed Republicans — the real question is, who is going to be able to appeal to the independents and the undecideds and the more centrist voters. I think that really is going to be the challenge for both congressman Akin and Senator McCaskill.”

From Marsha Haefner's (R-St. Louis) official office earlier this week: 

Many times we dismiss this election with the thought that anything of great importance will be on the ballot at the General election, this is a common misconception.  Tomorrow we will vote on Constitutional Amendment 2, this amendment may be the most important ballot issue in Missouri history- It will defend or ammend our religious liberties...

This amendment would change the Missouri state constitution to GUARANTEE citizens the right to pray and worship on public property. Students would be free to pray in public schools, government officials free to acknowledge their Christian faith without fear of reprisal.

This may seem redundant for those who rightly believe this is our right under the Constitution. However with anti-God groups bent on erasing God, prayer and Judeo-Christian influence from the public square, courageous legislators in Missouri recognized they needed to take legislative action. This will proactively protect Missourians from the bullying tactics of anti-faith groups who are misusing the judicial system to further their agenda.

[Emphasis in original]