True. Why does our side always wait until these things are a done deal before anything is said? Say what you want about the Democrats, but when there is an issue that they feel strongly about, they are all over it right from the start, and they don't let up until they get their way.
Out of respect for the confirmation process, the NRA has not announced an
official position on Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation. However, should her answers
regarding the Second Amendment at the upcoming hearings be hostile or evasive, we will
have no choice but to oppose her nomination to the Court.
When you control the flow of events, you can have all this stuff written up ahead of time. You didn't think porkulus was written in the time they had, did you? It was a grafted conglomeration of off the shelf Democrat legislative 'wish list' units, hammered together and stuffed through before the ink was dry.
Much of what they do works the same, the bills are already written,waiting for a politically opportune event to let the media spin them as "necessary".
OTOH, the NRA, and all of us at this point are in a reactive state, reacting to the actions and proposals of the Dems, and that puts us behind the curve.
Only predicting what they will be up to gives time to prepare, and that takes effort and funding. Such effort will be squandered if the proposal, Bill, or nominee does not come up for discussion, and will consume vast resources to get ahead of the game.
Add in some serious information leakage, and the Dems will be able to stay a jump ahead of the GOP, the NRA, of virtually anyone on the Right.
If Palin's wardrobe cost got leaked, what else will?
The 'pubbies need to purge the ranks of traitors, turncoats, and spies, and I do not see that happening.
While the NRA can anticipate legislative tricks the Dems will attempt to use, such as using 'health care costs" to hammer the Second Amendment indirectly, nominees are difficult to anticipate.