It was a repulsive speech, but these are repulsive times and B-Ho is truly a man for the times.
The fact is he threw the full weight of the Presidency into this, and it failed spectacularly. And as Sebastian of SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED noted very early in this battle, a big loss for the gun grabbers here and now is an unprecedented disaster for them. It's easy to talk about how this will be a defining issue for the Democrats in 2014 and beyond, but look at today's Gallup poll...only 4% of Americans thank "gun control" is an important problem. Think that number is likely to rise as we move toward 2014, with the evolving ObamaCare disaster, the emergence of new terrorist threats and the slow-motion economic train wreck?
I go back to a radio interview I once had, where after I had said that I voted guns, the host made a special point in telling me that she was antigun and she voted! I told her yes ma'am, I'm sure she did. But the difference between her and me was that in a week, 2 weeks, a month, a year, she'd be voting for better schools, new parks, whatever, but I would still be voting guns...EVERY SINGLE TIME. And that's why we will win...
Michael B