[LarryM]

This points up Bush's political cowardice, which we have seen many times. It started with Ted Kennedy's education bill, then with his failure to veto CFR, and now he teams up with Schumer against his own base. Nobody should wonder why the public despises politicians.

[Cicero]

I'm not sure whether it's Bush or Rove, if that distinction is possible for an outsider to make.

In any case, I think it's foolish. The gun controllers are not going to vote for Bush if he does this. But many gun-rights advocates may indeed stay home. Besides which, the 2000 election clearly demonstrated, even to the leftists, that gun-control is a losing issue at the polls.

This issue is very similar to the abortion issue. Bush is pro-life by conviction, but he lets Rove talk him into supporting pro-abort candidates for the Senate, even in states where that is not an advantage at the polls.

[billbears]

It started with Ted Kennedy's education bill, then with his failure to veto CFR, and now he teams up with Schumer against his own base.

Oh, come on!! You don't want to be a one issue, well two issue, oh, three issue, voter now do you? It's all part of the bigger plan that's going to be good for us....