The real winner
Dave Kopel says the Second Amendment triumphed this election day. I don’t agree wholeheartedly but his round up is worth the read. However, as Andrew said in comments:
I’ll tell you, Unc, this pretty much forecloses the Dems from running – nationally – on any kind of gun control. They dropped W.Va by, what, 13%? TN by 11? you don’t make that back in 2008 running on gun control.
Now, if we could get some prominent Republicans to stop stumping for the useless assault weapons ban, I’d sleep easier.
This also leads me to thoughts about the future of the Democrat party. What of them? What will happen? The Republicans swept the senate, the presidency and lots and lots of judges will follow. Was it guns, God or gays? Could be. Judges aren’t fond of any of those three.
Will the Democrats be an effective force in national politics? Are they done? Is it a lull until the Democrat revolution? Will we see a return to Clinton era fiscal conservatism and social liberalism (hopefully, without the gun control stuff)?
The Democrats could likely hibernate and come back later as a force to be reckoned with with a popular sort of message.
November 3rd, 2004 at 5:48 pm
Sleep easier. The last House didn’t want to renew the AWB, and the next one should be more pro-gun still.
November 3rd, 2004 at 10:03 pm
We NEED a viable Democrat Party. This country is founded on checks and balances…and the Republicans can get out of hand just as easily as the Democrats.
I like to see a viable third party to keep an eye on both, but the libertarians don’t seem up to the challenge.