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I don't see how Reid being elected is going to bolster his allies that are anti-gun to a degree that it is a net loss. Do you have an example that might illustrate what you were thinking of?
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To simply demonstrate my point the following hypothetical examples:
Lets say Harry Reid loses and b/c of it some of the healthcare reforms/repeals are pushed through that Republicans want and everyone is all 'Hurrah the Republicans saved us from the elitist Democratic healthcare socialist mumbo jumbo' or 'The Democrats sold us out and didn't stick with these reforms and all the important stuff was gutted anyways'. The following election Democrats take a beating and the Senate is more pro-gun.
Alternatively the Reid is in power, healthcare reforms continue as already passed, everyone is either saying 'Stupid Republicans are just like the Democrats' OR 'yay, I get free healthcare.' Democrats do better in the next election and the senate is more anti-gun.
Of course, coming from Ohio I realize there are many pro-gun Democrats like Strickland who are good to us, but some generalizations in order to illustrate the point.