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Pat Toomey’s reward: Bloomberg’s gun-control group drops attack ad, runs favorable ad in PA instead

Allahpundit — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:01:46 +0000

Change.

As John Ekdahl says, it’s awfully hard not to see a cynical motive in a conservative senator from a blue state suddenly “evolving” on gun control. I can’t believe I’m saying this after spending years rooting for Toomey primary challenges to Arlen Specter, but … is someone going to end up primarying Pat Toomey? Or [...]

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NBC: NRA won’t block deal on background checks in Congress — as long as private sellers aren’t forced to keep records; Update: No way, says NRA

Allahpundit — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:41:54 +0000

Hmmmm.

The NRA’s not confirming it, but they’re not no-way-no-how-no-chance-ing it either. Senators negotiating a bill mandating background checks for all gun buyers are privately expecting the National Rifle Association not to fight the measure — provided the legislation does not to require private gun sellers to maintain records of the checks, NBC News has learned. [...]

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Quotes of the day

Allahpundit — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:01:16 +0000

Outreach.

President Barack Obama hopes to spark a pitchfork revolt against Republicans over sequester-induced budget cuts — but many Democrats fret that he’s undermined that effort with an early strategy marred by hype, poor planning and muddled messaging… “I think they probably went over the top in terms of saying that the consequences were going to [...]

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Tom Coburn: No deal on background checks if Democrats demand record-keeping of gun sales

Allahpundit — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:21:55 +0000

"I don’t think we’re that close to a deal."

Here’s the first hard evidence we’ve seen that the big meeting of the minds on guns that the media’s been touting might be overhyped. Plain and simple, says Coburn, if Democrats demand that records of private gun sales be kept, the compromise is dead. But wait. Kept by who? By the seller, or by the [...]

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McCain on gun control: Most of the Senate will support universal background checks

Allahpundit — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:31:30 +0000

Compromise.

No surprise but newsworthy insofar as I think this is the first time a Republican as prominent as McCain has talked openly about some new form of gun control passing Congress. If you’re not sure what he means when he refers to the plan Coburn and Schumer are working on, read this. They’re going to [...]

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Report: Bipartisan Senate group nearing compromise on increased background checks for gun sales

Allahpundit — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:41:56 +0000

"Significant progress."

Reeeeeal curious to see what the vote on this looks like in the House. Expanded background checks is the one plank of Obama’s gun-control platform that draws extremely high support across parties. Here are the numbers from yesterday’s Quinnipiac poll, which are nothing out of the ordinary on this issue: Pew found 85 percent support [...]

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Open thread: Sunday morning talking heads

Allahpundit — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:01:07 +0000

Cliff-diving.

Expect wall-to-wall fiscal cliff coverage from the Sunday shows until the end of the year or a deal is reached, whichever comes first. Which is another way of saying that you should expect wall-to-wall fiscal cliff coverage until the end of the year. Today it’s Tom Coburn on ABC plus the high priests of deficit [...]

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