[G.Mason]

" ... But the NRA wound up maneuvering behind the scenes to block her nomination at the last minute, to send a message to her billionaire boyfriend, sources told The Post."

Sorry Geoff, but it's 2006 and "sources" just don't make an assumption true anymore.

Nice try though.

[angkor]

a Senate aide said.

Can't read the full article without registration, did it have at least a rebuttal from the NRA?

Otherwise, it's pretty smarmy to use anonymous sources on such a low-level appointment, if they are to be used at all (and they shouldn't).

[dbehsman]

This story does sound a little like a crock of crap. I wonder how the NRA is going to respond.

[Drammach]

Sorry Geoff, but it's 2006 and "sources" just don't make an assumption true anymore.

I agree..

"Sources said" means nothing..
"It's obvious the NRA hasn't been pleased with the mayor's campaign against guns," a Senate aide said.
This may be true, but it does not, "ipso facto", make the allegation true...
"They wanted to do a little bit of political payback . . . They just killed it."
Again, allegation.. Who's "They" anyhow?? The russians??
The apparent revenge attack ...
Nothing "apparent" from where I sit.. Except a lot of rhetoric and allegation...

I'm sure Bloomberg has plenty of political enemies beside the NRA..
And I cannot readily identify what the connection would be between Gun Advocacy and Banking..

The NRA may be responsible due to Bloomberg's stance on guns, and his relationship with this woman, but aside from weak circumstantial connections, I see no hard evidence that the NRA had anything to do with it..

I'm sure if there is credit to be taken, however, there will be an editorial column in "American Rifleman"..