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In reply to the discussion: "Hand Obama His Walking Papers" Cover October American Rifleman Mag [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)43. In 2010 the NRA endorsed 14 incumbent House Democrats over Republican challengers
But in what will no doubt come as a surprise to many, the organization is endorsing 14 House Democrats in close races because their Second Amendment views line up with the with those of the gun-rights group.
It's an unwelcome move as far as Republicans are concerned. They've come to take NRA endorsements of their candidates as a given.
The Washington Post reports the NRA's policy in recent years is to support incumbents when their positions on gun rights are similar to the NRA's and their challengers.
It's an unwelcome move as far as Republicans are concerned. They've come to take NRA endorsements of their candidates as a given.
The Washington Post reports the NRA's policy in recent years is to support incumbents when their positions on gun rights are similar to the NRA's and their challengers.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2010/10/06/130393162/nra-endorses-14-house-democrats
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"Hand Obama His Walking Papers" Cover October American Rifleman Mag [View all]
HockeyMom
Sep 2012
OP
Just goes to show that you will never convince someone that you read Playboy for the articles.
cleanhippie
Sep 2012
#48
Thanks, glad to be back. I got a whiff of DU3 just before the Blue Screen of Death.
Eleanors38
Sep 2012
#46
In 2010 the NRA endorsed 14 incumbent House Democrats over Republican challengers
hack89
Sep 2012
#43
I think it's pathetic that what is supposedly a single-issue organization would support Mitt Romney
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#53
The official Democratic platform encourages a new AWB and closing the gun show "loophole".
MercutioATC
Sep 2012
#54
It would be interesting to see what the NRA did if those two planks were removed from our platform
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#58