NRA on firing line over Reid By: Manu Raju and Jonathan Allen July 3, 2010 07:01 AM EDT
The National Rifle Association is in unfamiliar terrain on the conservative firing range this election year: It’s the target.
The conservative Netroots are abuzz over the possibility that the NRA may endorse Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). This would be the second major slight by the NRA for political conservatives — the gun group also just negotiated a big exemption on a campaign finance bill loathed by the right.
Conservatives say there’s a clear political calculation at work: If Reid loses, he’s almost certain to be succeeded as majority leader by a fierce gun-control advocate, either Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin or New York Sen. Chuck Schumer.
The NRA isn't even denying this line of reasoning but says it hasn’t made a decision about whether to endorse Reid.
“The Second Amendment and the National Rifle Association are always one bad incident away from politicians like Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin exploiting their agenda of gun control,” said Andrew Arulanandam, an NRA spokesman.
Still, the fact that a Reid endorsement is even a possibility has conservatives buzzing.
“Sharron Angle has been a true patriot on Second Amendment issues in the Nevada Legislature, and Harry Reid both voted for every anti-gun nominee [Barack] Obama has put up and voted for the Brady bill, the assault weapons ban, etc.,” conservative blogger Erick Erickson wrote on Redstate.com. “People at the NRA and people in the Senate are telling me the NRA will be endorsing Harry Reid later this year and the only way to stop it is to be very vocal about it right now. So keep making sure they know it would be unacceptable.” .................>>>>...................>>>>...............http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39340.html
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Stein
July 3, 2010, 3:29pm
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Sharron Angle is a raving loon however, she is to the right of the far right. Can't blame the NRA for being forced into choosing the lesser of their two 'evils'.
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