Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin is releasing a new book, Firing Back, and has taken aim at Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt in the process.

1. Akin says Blunt isn’t Missouri’s True Conservative

“On the first weekend after the election, I joined a barnstorming bus tour with all of Missouri’s statewide candidates, and we hit all the hot spots. In St. Charles, Missouri senator Roy Blunt joined us. He told the crowd what a great guy I was and how, when we were both in the House, we used to compete to be Missouri’s most conservative congressman. According to Blunt, sometimes I won as most conservative; sometimes he did. This neck-and-neck race was news to me, to my staff, and probably to his staff too.”

2. Blunt was upset after an early General Election Gaffe.

“Roy Blunt, who was allegedly “as conservative as Akin,” a week earlier in St. Charles, took me to the woodshed. He said if I made another “gaffe” like that, the state party would not support me. He was all business.”

3. And on the day of the “legitimate rape” story

“Missouri senator Roy Blunt called Perry [Akin, his son and campaign manager] and told him ominously, ‘this isn’t looking good.’”

4. Akin says Roy Blunt is a #RINO.

“When conservatives talk about “The Republican Establishment,’ they are referring to a group of Beltway RINOs (Republicans In Name Only). Some who would be included in such a group are Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, John Boehner, Karl Rove, and Roy Blunt from Missouri. Conservatives are fully aware that most Super PACs are closely tied to the decisions of this group. All who must face elections also recognize that major contribution and are a must and that repeated rejection of the establishment’s orders can be costly.”

5. Akin says Blunt is pragmatic, not principled.

“Although Blunt and I always had a cordial enough relationship, he was cool to my candidacy from the beginning. This was surprising, because, unsolicited, I had endorsed his Senate race two years earlier. During his race, Blunt frequently dropped my name to conservative groups around the state to garner support. Now when I was running, he was very reserved. I don’t know why he was reserved, it may have had something to do with the fact that we represent two different strains of Republicans in Congress: those who put principles first and those who are pragmatic above all else. Blunt is good at politics, and his first obligation has always been to the party.

“In fact, he was appointed chief deputy whip after only one term in Congress and eventually became House majority whip. In those positions, in spite of his claim to be a conservative Blunt voted for bills like No Child Left Behind, Medicare Part D, the farm bills with all their social welfare, and TARP, the big bank bailout. He was also responsible for twisting arms to get other Republicans to vote the same way he did. My arm resisted twisting.”

6. Akin liked that Tea Party sign making fun of Blunt.

“Tea Party organizations were unmoved by Blunt’s candidacy in 2010. After Blunt petitioned one group for its support, the group humorously headlined a poster, ‘Roy Blunt Pledges To Never Vote Like Roy Blunt Again.’ I will be the first to admit my own imperfections as a candidate, but I at least could promise that I would be able to vote the way I always had.”

7. Akin thinks Roy Blunt is a power player

“The Republican leadership has ways to help people ‘understand’ what the right decision is. Early in the week following the Jaco interview, I called Sen. Roy Blunt. I suggested to him that I knew that some people would be calling for me to step down. However, for the sake of party unity, as well as relations between the two of us, I suggested that it would be better if he stayed uninvolved. For his own perspective, it would be a lousy strategy for Blunt to place himself between the moderates and the conservatives of Missouri’s Republican Party.”

8. And that he has a “bloody war club”

“Roy Blunt is good at politics and unusually tries not to leave fingerprints on his handiwork. This time he would leave a bloody war club with his fingerprints all over it. Thus began what would turn out to be a unique aspect of our race. We were fighting both parties, a war on two fronts.”

9. Akin was upset Blunt wanted him out of the race.

“In addition to going after our dollar base, the Roy Blunt machine went after our employees. It was reported to me that many of our official congressional staff as well as our campaign staff had been getting phone calls. One of our employees received a threat from a ranking state party official reckless enough to put it into writing.”

10. And thinks Blunt thinks that “what Roy giveth, Roy can take away”

“After the ‘legitimate rape’ blow-up, the Farm Bureau made the unusual decision to retract their endorsement. At the time, someone quoted Roy Blunt as saying, ‘what Roy giveth, Roy can take away.’ This was in the context of the Farm Bureau endorsement. A week or two later, I tried to regain their endorsement, and I got it, with an overwhelming majority. … They understood political pragmatism, but they preferred to vote on principle.”

Akin’s new book, Firing Back, goes on sale Tuesday.