NRA-Backed Candidates Won over 91 Percent of Congressional Elections

breitbart.com ^ | 11/13/2014 | AWR Hawkins

[rktman]

With all the numbers tallied, out of 251 races, NRA-backed candidates won in 229, over 91 percent of Congressional races in which they endorsed a candidate.

According to the Washington Examiner, NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam explained that the Second Amendment group was able to win at this level because individual NRA members were motivated to vote for freedom. He said: "Our members came out in droves and voted for their rights and their freedom. This was one of the most successful election cycles in a decade."

[rktman]

Well ain't that all swell. Maybe the NRA could talk to some folks in Washington State and get their reaction. From what I've seen, despite the candidate support, there was very little support provided to counter I-594 and it's ominous new restrictions on "handing" someone your firearm. Nevada, you are next on the list. In any case, they will try to outspend any opposition as they did about 20 to 1 in Washington State. The no/low info types were easily swayed to sign the petition which looks reasonable to them but no one questioned the actual verbiage in the proposal.

[PROCON]

Liberals react to news...

[RC one]

The NRA understands the importance of choosing battles wisely. Washington would not have been a favorable battle field. Nevada? that’s a whole different story? Arizona? same thing.

[scrabblehack]

At the same time if they back only safe incumbents the 91% figure is misleading.

[NorthMountain]

I’m unimpressed. The NRA endorsed Joe Manchin. How’d that work out?

[RC one]

There’s a difference between “only backing safe candidates” and allocating valuable resources to where they will serve one’s primary mission best.

The NRA’s primary mission is to preserve the second amendment and they do that by fighting the right battles at the right time in the right way.

Nobody is happy about I594 but, in the end, I think the NRA’s ground game was quite effective and an undeniable boon to the conservative movement and, even more so, to the second amendment movement. fact is, they were a juggernaut of destruction to the progressive agenda.

[rktman]

The bad thing is that the next round will be a general (s)election and there are a bunch of (ahem) republican senate seats that’ll be on the ballot. Will they spend most of their money on them? Will they even try to counter the liars that pushed Washington’s initiative through? We did read the wording on the NV petition and bounced it against the actual initiative. Kinda the same basic message but the petition was so vague that anybody without a brain might have easily been persuaded to sign it. I saw it happen. Counter argument:
“It’s only to make us safer.”