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November 12th, 2007 at 10:37 am
That’s because the vast majority of those candidates are incumbents with significant advantages over their opponents.
November 12th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Not to mention the fact that (at least in Virginia) almost half of the candidates that they endorsed were running unopposed.
Heck if the whole point is just to tout a success rate, I’ll bet anyone here that I can bat 1000 in 2008. I’ll only pick candidates with no opponents, but that’s just a minor detail that need not be mentioned.
Before the flaming begins, I do understand how politics work. In order to convince politicians that it is in their best interest to have your endorsement, you have to demonstrate that your endorsement means something. In order to do that, you have to give the impression that your endorsement wins elections. To do THAT, you have to have a high percentage of success for your endorsed candidates.
I know all that.
The two questions that always hit me immediately are:
If your record is just so much smoke and mirrors, what would entice candidates to seek your endorsement? Do you really believe that they are so stupid that they can’t figure this all out?
You can have all the political power in the world, but if you don’t use that to get people elected who may otherwise not be, what good are you really doing?
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not berating them for endorsing unopposed candidates, but isn’t it a bit intellectually dishonest to include those among the “successes?” Those are the types of misleading and unethical tactics that are legitimately associated with the Bradys and their ilk. It’s hard for me to criticize anti-gunners for their duplicity when opponents can legitimately argue that “the NRA does the same thing.”
November 12th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I think it’s just a PR thing to get members to donate.
November 12th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
NJ results for NRA endorsed candidates:
State Senate (40 legislators): 8 wins and 3 losses. The 8 winners included 7 Republicans and 1 Democrat (the new NJ Senate majority leader). The 8 winners included 4 incumbents. The 3 losers included 1 incumbent.
State Assembly (80 legislators): 17 wins and 2 losses. The 17 winners included 16 Republicans and 1 Democrat. The 17 winners included 14 incumbents. The losers did not include any incumbents.
All races involving NRA endorsed candidates were contested.
NJ gun owners always face an uphill battle, but 20% blocs in both houses gives us some influence.