Her dig at George W. Bush notwithstanding, it is clear that Nancy Pelosi’s veto of any prospect of reviving the assault weapons ban that Eric Holder and the Obama Administration want, demonstrates that despite the election, Second Amendment rights are still very much on the march. This little incident shows a great deal; we see that Congressional Democrats are very much aware of lines that they ought not to cross and that the Obama Administration should not cross, and that the Attorney-General and the Administration did nothing by way of consulting with Congressional Democrats before coming out in favor of the assault weapons ban.
Political clumsiness + a misreading of the sociopolitical situation = potential trouble down the line for the Obama Administration. The Speaker may have pulled them back from a misstep in this particular case, but the Administration’s (pardon the pun) jumping-of-the-gun signals that there could be serious political missteps in the offing.
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Another reminder why Sheehan ran against Pelosi
bk (Diary) Friday, February 27th at 2:04AM EST (link)Nancy is waaaay too conservative.
forget it
rrpjr Friday, February 27th at 11:02AM EST (link)These people have it made in the shade. They control everything plus the media. Nothing changes until conservatives learn their history and comprehend the presence and nature of the Left in their midst. But Jindal’s mush-mouthed speech — a bit of bowdlerized Reagan absent every particle of Reagan’s grit, bracing urgency and historical grasp of history — was a dispiriting sign. We’re in deep trouble, and worse if we’re only counting on the enemy’s “missteps.”