YES! 90% of Americans want expanded background checks.
53%
NO! Voters will be swayed by other issues in the next election.
47%
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
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Progressive groups are already putting ads in local newspapers, and sending out E-mails, so the fight continues and senators are being held accountable. Let's hope they can keep the momentum going until 2014 elections. Maybe they all won't pay the price come election day, but only enough to give the senate a 60 progressive majority is needed. Having the opponents on record is a tried and true method for elections. Let's hope it pays off. Some of these states, and I've lived in a few of them, are sparcely populated backwaters where macho is measured by the number of guns you have in the back of your pickup, where people can be easily swayed by NRA types and where sometimes the difference between Democrats and Republicans is tough to figure. Most of these gun toters are hunters, collectors, and target shooters. So who can say? Tougher times, lack of jobs and economic issues may play a bigger role toward cleaning House and Senate.