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Source: The Hill
Keene explained on NBC's "Today" show Thursday that the web ad wasn't about the president's daughters but was focused on how to keep children safe.
Matt Mackowiak, a Texas-based Republican consultant who has worked for a number of GOP policymakers, argued that the NRA remains a political powerhouse, but conceded the group has performed in an uneven fashion while under the intense spotlight that followed the Newtown shooting, a tragedy that renewed a debate over gun violence after a lone gunman killed 27 people, including 20 children.
The NRA has succeeded at growing its membership during a time of perceived threat and stress, Mackowiak said in an email, but their initial response (the clumsy press conference) and the now-viral hypocrisy ad were both disappointing.
Gun reformers, meanwhile, are hoping the NRA's aggressive messaging strategy this year will alienate the public and propel Obama's reform package through Congress.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/278157-nra-stumbles-in-fight-with-obama-over-guns
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Obama backers aim to outflank NRA on gun control
(my bold. a measly $2000??? i know they have voting power from members, but wtf?)
Activists have also identified a few Senate Republicans they hope to sway, including Mark Kirk of Illinois and Susan Collins of Maine. In the House, they're focused on 35 to 40 Republicans in suburban areas or districts carried by Obama, where voters might be more supportive of gun-control measures.
"We have a million grass-roots supporters who have sent almost 200,000 emails to Congress, tens of thousands of phone calls and are ready to go to town hall meetings and camp out if they have to," said Mark Glaze, director of the mayors group. He said of lawmakers: "In the end I'm confident that enough of them will look past the NRA's $2,000 contribution and do what the public is demanding."
http://www.freep.com/article/20130119/NEWS15/130119019
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)That has to be missing at least 3 zeros.....C'mon MAAAAAaaaaaaan.......
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)but i'm not sure where that number comes from.
i do know there are 18 Dems in this list:
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?cycle=2012&id=D000000082
but here's that number you mean:
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)Your lower link is more in line with what I imagined.....
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)OKNancy
(41,832 posts)K and R