The bill never even came up to a vote in the House...if the Republican Party loses the House, it won't be because of gun control.lrpettit wrote:Personally, I'm far more worried about losing control of the House. If the Democrats chose to, they could already go "nuclear" in the senate.K.Mooneyham wrote:That indeed may be true...but I saw the analysis of which Senators are up for re-election...and the only slam-dunk the Democrat Party has is the seat in Maine...whose Senator voted for this stuff anyway. Yeah, I don't like losing that seat, but I do hope that maybe the Democrats will lose more than they gain on this one.lrpettit wrote:I think his game plan all along was to get "ammunition" for 2014 so he can say that Republicans are unwilling to make changes necessary to protect our schools. A battle may have been won but it's going to be a fierce war leading up to 2014.
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- Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:59 am
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- Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:52 am
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Re: Expanded Background Checks Fail in the Senate - The Myth
That indeed may be true...but I saw the analysis of which Senators are up for re-election...and the only slam-dunk the Democrat Party has is the seat in Maine...whose Senator voted for this stuff anyway. Yeah, I don't like losing that seat, but I do hope that maybe the Democrats will lose more than they gain on this one.lrpettit wrote:I think his game plan all along was to get "ammunition" for 2014 so he can say that Republicans are unwilling to make changes necessary to protect our schools. A battle may have been won but it's going to be a fierce war leading up to 2014.