Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin, thrown under the bus by Karl Rove and the Washington GOP establishment for his “legitimate rape” comment, is making a strong comeback in the polls and is now beating Sen. Claire McCaskill.

In a new internal Akin poll provided to Secrets late Wednesday, the House Republican is beating the one-term incumbent 48.7 percent to 46.8 percent with 4.4 percent undecided. What’s more, when Show-Me State voters are presented with the claim a firm owned by McCaskill benefited from the stimulus which she backed, the victory margin surges to 48.9 percent to 41.9 percent, further incentive for Akin to bang on that issue.