Breitbart – by AWR HawkinsSenator Kay Hagan (D-NC) is a red state Democrat who voted for gun control earlier this year and is now losing ground in the polls.
To be fair, Hagan and other red state Democrats were assured this would not happen.
For example, just weeks weeks after Hagan voted for Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) failed gun control bill on April 17th, various media outlets reported that her support for gun control would actually help her in North Carolina. TalkingPointsMemo said Hagan “actually bolstered [her 2014] re-election prospects by supporting” Manchin’s gun bill.
But the reality is that Hagan is now losing ground.
According to Politico, “Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling” shows that Hagan only leads her two most prominent GOP contenders by 2 points. She actually “trails Greg Brannon, the Rand Paul-endorsed candidate in the race, by 1 point.”
This same phenomena has been seen in other parts of the country where politicians in gun-friendly states went against their constituents on gun control. On November 19th, Breitbart News reported how supporting gun control has taken Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) from unbeatable to politically unpopular in a matter of months.
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Too idiotic to know that voting for gun control is always a losing position, obviously. Idiocy confirmed by their believing the “various media outlets” reporting thier support for gun control would actually help them.
The problem is that who ever runs against her next year will be no different. Third party will not have a chance because you have to have at least 20 million to run and maybe win.
Kay Hagan, IMO, voted the globalist agenda on about every vote she cast. Her votes were for the corporations/big banks/monied interests and very rarely for the interests of us lesser folk – the 99%. She got three votes from my family in 2008. She will get none next go round.
Our current choice is Greg Brannon, who is quite a bit to the right of us in some of his view points. BUT, he believes in constitutional governance and that’s a darned good starting point. Our foundational documents have been spit on, s*it on and hit on by the wannabe dictators of the last (as least) thirteen years.
>>The problem is that who ever runs against her next year will be no different. << Maybe. But, that would depend to some extent on who the final candidates are, wouldn't it?