Super PAC money looking for a home

Here’s one theory, assuming that Missouri Congressman Todd Akin resists his party’s entreaties and stays in the race to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill.

The super PAC run by GOP strategist Karl Rove had invested $5 million-plus in the Akin race and has threatened to pull the plug. If Akin’s incendiary assertion that "legitimate rape" rarely causes pregnancy lands him on the ash heap of political history, that cash will seek a new home.

Surely some of it could land in the coffers supporting the Linda Lingle candidacy for the open U.S. Senate seat here. McCaskill had been seen as easy pickings in the Republicans’ bid for a Senate majority but now, if her opponent is disarmed, perhaps more eyes will turn toward the Pacific.

Move over, Ann Romney; McGarrett’s back

Ann Romney is set to address the Republican National Convention’s opening round on Monday to praise her husband, but CBS viewers across the country will be offered instead a rerun of "Hawaii Five-0."

Other big TV networks will likewise opt for the advertising from summer reruns, broadcasting no more than an hour nightly of the four-day GOP convention. NBC anchor Brian Williams explained that "people have had it up to here" with political news. "I’d love more coverage of the conventions. I also live in the real world." Indeed, many television viewers will be satisfied to wait for the presidential debates as November nears.