Video: Akin faces uphill battle for Senate

Michael Steele, the former chief of the Republican Party, tells TODAY's Savannah Guthrie that Rep. Akin faces considerable obstacles in his pursuit for a Senate seat as GOP party mates distance themselves from the Missouri politician after comments he made about rape and abortion. 

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