I was shocked to find that the NRA has endorsed Baron Hill for IN-9. This is insane, with a good Republican (Sodrel) who could have been endorsed in a very close election.
I’ve always been in the “NRA is one of the good guys” camp, but this really chaps my hide. The Sodrel-Hill race will be darn close, and it would be great to get Mike back in DC.
It was a miracle Sodrel won that district the first time, and this will not help.
How did you survive IU all those years being a Conservative? Bloomington is little Moscow IMO.
Remember the NRA is a one issue interest group. They make decisions based on the 2nd Amendment, period.
There are 2nd Amendment Dems out there. I don’t know this specific race but your NRA magazines usually give a blurb on why a person is endorsed in your specific congressional district.
This is going to be a washout of Republicans in Congress, if it is close between the two people, they may be hedging to cover their ass for the assaults that will surely come from the radical socialists. They will need allies to protect gun rights.
If it is not a close call on the 2nd amendment issues, I’d be very angry...which the Brady info you posted, seems to say.
I was raised in that district (Seymour) and went to college in Bloomington. However, I no longer live in the district.
We can thank the Dems for redistricting Bloomington into that district to keep Baron from losing, it didn’t work in 04 and even in 06 Sodrel still held Baron Hill to the smallest margin of the three Dem pickups in that state.
What I really hate about the Hill-Sodrel races is the Dems’ “Millionaire Mike” slogan. Shameless class-baiting at its worst. Sodrel’s only crime is that he’s successful. Why don’t we call Baron Hill “Robber Baron” in exchange?
BTW, I graduated more Conservative than when I started.