Bloomberg, the Great Equalizer’s TV Blitz on Guns Puts Swing Senators on the Spot

[graham4anything]

(note-watch the same old same old authoritarian NRA backers immediately use their code worded responses to this. The NRA is the authoritian and the bully who uses blackmail, and finally has met the Great Equalizer.
and btw, this was cross posted in the general. In both, keep a watch on who replies in a negative fashion to wanting things changed with guns.That will be telling.lol)


Bloomberg’s TV Blitz on Guns Puts Swing Senators on the Spot
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/nyregion/bloombergs-tv-blitz-on-guns-puts-swing-state-senators-on-the-spot.html?hp&_r=2&


Determined to persuade Congress to act in response to that shooting, Mr. Bloomberg on Monday will begin bankrolling a $12 million national advertising campaign that focuses on senators who he believes might be persuaded to support a pending package of federal regulations to curb gun violence. The ads, in 13 states, will blanket those senators’ districts during an Easter Congressional recess that is to be followed by debate over the legislation.

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The mayor’s advertising blitz, which will saturate television screens in states including Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona, represents by far the biggest escalation of Mr. Bloomberg’s attempts to become a one-man counterweight to the National Rifle Association in the political clash over guns.
“The N.R.A. has just had this field to itself,” Mr. Bloomberg said. “It’s the only one that’s been speaking out. It’s time for another voice.”

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Given the mayor’s role in contributing to the ouster of an N.R.A.-backed candidate in an Illinois Congressional race a few weeks ago, his push carries an unmistakable threat to those who vote against the bills.

The ads are directed at Democratic and Republican senators in both swing states and partisan precincts. Among Mr. Bloomberg’s targets are some of the Senate’s most vulnerable Democrats, including Kay R. Hagan of North Carolina, Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana and Mark L. Pryor of Arkansas, for whom the gun issue is particularly problematic because they will need Republican votes to win re-election.

-much more to read in article

[ellisonz]

1. He's right to let the DINO's know their bullshit isn't acceptable.

Yes we need their seats, but we also don't need a Senate full of stooping Ben Nelson's.

[Socal31]

2. I'm just wondering why a local urban politician needs to get involved nationally.

I am still seething over outside $$$ that contributed (nobody will ever know how much) to a disgusting Proposition in my state that was pure hate.

NYC is not Missoula, MT. Los Angeles is not Juneau, AK. And California is not Utah.


If Bloomberg was smart he would have put somebody else behind the push. After taking on soft drinks that weren't sold by his corporate favorites, and getting slapped down by a judge for it, he doesn't have the best image to a red-state Senator's constituency.