Reply #183: It's a dead issue

[fujiyama]

Democrats should dump it. I've changed my mind quite a bit on this issue.

But I think some people are a bit naive in believing that just by dumping this one issue we'll be competetive in rural areas. It's not quite that simple.

That said, it's not helping in any way. Personally I'd prefer a candidate like Fiengold that voted against the PATRIOT Act, IWR, and the assult weapons renewal, than someone like Fienstein or Schumer, that voted for IWR, PATRIOT Act, and enthusiastically in favor of the assult weapons renewal and other corporate bills (like the recent budget!).

And Kerry was nuts to have a picture taken with them voting for that assult weapons renewal thing. It wasn't as though this was a bill worth taking the time off campaigning to vote for...then again, it wasn't worth voting for in the first place.