Deletion of Todd Akin rape and pregnancy controversy

Comment: It is leading the National news tonight, 9 Republican Senators and Mitt Romney have called him to drop out, and he has been told not to come to the convention.  I think this goes to 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: Wikipedia is not a newspaper, or an online news source. Secondly, this is clearly undue weight. This is a minor controversy over a gaffe made by a candidate. If a similar story was in India, Pakistan, Brazil, China, Indonesia or even the United Kingdom, their is no way anyone would justify a wikipedia article. Read 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Systemic bias (WP:WORLDVIEW)

Comment: for the time being, per Milowent. If coverage eventually extends beyond  or  status, the article can be re-created
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Recentism (WP:RECENTISM||WP:1E)

Comment: as nothing more than an attack ad with no basis in Wikipedia notability. The notable parts can easily be covered in the primary article, while getting rid of most of the |synthesis and ias|bias
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:SYNTH||WP:B)

Comment: back to Todd Akin.  The level of necessary depth can easily be covered in the Todd Akin article without overwhelming it.  If the volume of text from this event is overwhelming the Todd Akin article, the solution, per , is to pare it back until it is short enough, not to split it out and let it get more bloated
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (WP:UNDUE)