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It was the gun-rights 'extremists' who elected the Republican House in '94. And they were far more effective in implementing a conservative agenda than anything Bush has done.

It was largely those same 'extremists' who defeated Gore in Arkansas and Tennessee in 2000.

Being from TN, I can tell you that guns weren't even in the top 5 of issues in either case. We thre Sasser out because he was a condescending wad of spit, and we didn't vote for Gore because, well, we generally like sane people.

Being from TN, I can tell you that guns weren't even in the top 5 of issues in either case.

Well, you have your opinion. I know that the top strategists of both parties, having discounted the South's Republican realignment, concluded that the gun nut turnout in those two states carried the day.

Your mileage may vary. I'll go with the self-proclaimed party experts on this one. As far as evidence, I do notice that the Dims seem to believe it, just as they believed it after losing the House in '94, because they won't touch gun control with a ten-foot pole since 2000.

Ironically, the primary national advocate of gun control since 2000 has been Bush speechifying that he wants to renew the AWB. As a countermeasure, I write to Tom DeLay regularly to beg him to save me from Bush's gungrabbing impulses!

Okay, I'll admit that the AWB thing is a little bit of a dog-and-pony show for the goofy soccer moms... Still, Bush shouldn't dangle red meat in front of the Brady Bunch.