More chaos stemming from a party with Donald Trump as its leader. The once respectable, respectful, and honorable McCain, in yet another tight race for his political life, blames Orlando on POTUS, then tries to backtrack it blaming it on his actions.
More interesting, and representative of the challenges Republicans will face of real issues is the clip of Sessions trying to pre-empt the upcoming vote.
http://www.nbcnews.com/widget/video-embed/707162179881
At 1:54, Sessions tries to turn the no-fly ban on gun purchases into a big government issue: “you can’t just have a secret list prepared by secret people that denies somebody a Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.” Not sure how else a Republican expects to wage the war on terrorists with public agencies and public operatives, and public lists of suspects – I would imagine the Democrats would love to hear that argument a lot more.
In at The End of The World 
Always thought McCain could lose this time out. One of my basic rules of thumb is that any incumbent who has served four terms (and isn’t Kennedy or Hatch) is vulnerable. And that any senator 80 or older running for reelection is vulnerable. Sometimes, voters just say, hey, they’ve had enough. Or the candidate just isn’t as good as they used to be. Add in trump and an energized Latino vote. I don’t know much about his opponent but she’s apparently a good one.
Also, keep an eye on Grassley in Iowa. He’s 83. Been in senate since 1978. The point man on Garland. Tied in latest polls with his opponent.
This latest gun control debate made public a lot of the NRA’s tactics. We are all for a no fly, no buy rule, but we need to observe due process for those folks who end up on the list by mistake and then can’t buy a gun. I mean, sure, that’s a fair point. I pity anyone who ends up on that list by mistake. And I’m glad that the NRA has their back. But surely four lawyers in a room for half a day can take care of that issue for the small population of people who end up wrongly on a no fly list and also hope to buy military grade firearms.
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“the small population of people who end up wrongly on a no fly list and also hope to buy military grade firearms” Very insensitive remark, marginalizing a minority this small (and potentially defenseless).
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“you can’t just have a secret list prepared by secret people that denies somebody a Constitutional right…”
To quote Bob Dylan, paraphrasing F. Scott Fitzgerald, “You can’t? What do you mean you can’t? Of course you can!”
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