IL-02 special election thread

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Acting like this is some sort of blow against the NRA is inane. It'd be one thing if Halvorson trumped her NRA endorsement and they spent tons of money for her, but the NRA basically ignored the race.

Actually even if that happened it doesn't really prove anything since a district based around Chicago's South Side rejecting an NRA-backed candidate isn't exactly the upset of the century. So I can understand the bitterness in a Bloomberg SuperPAC succesfully smearing a candidate on this, though there are plenty of other reasons to not prefer Halvorson (not that I cared if she won, she'd just then lose the primary in 2014. She's not Steve Cohen.)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The issue was, they pretty much all agreed on the major issues. Halvorsen has a RECORD of speaking out on conceal and carry and spruiking her A rating from the NRA. That's the thing about records, they tend to stick to you.

Gun violence is especially an issue in that part of Chicago, so it became the dividing line. Halvorsen coming out for Universal background checks doesn't really address the issues of conceal and carry nor talking about her A rating as a badge of honour.

It's her record and if Bloomberg et al didn't have anything to use against her... then... yeah.

Plus, this is a special election in an off-year... you aren't going to get normal GE voters out for that. You get the passionate ones...

In what way does a member of Congress get to affect concealed carry laws?