Sipsey Street Irregulars: Hickenlooper internalizes the lessons of the recalls -- Talk softly and lose the gun control stick.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Hickenlooper internalizes the lessons of the recalls -- Talk softly and lose the gun control stick.

After recalls, Governor John Hickenlooper softens talk on gun control

Also see Colorado recall shows power of grassroots in gun debate

Fear of that unpleasantness may be enough to rein in legislators seeing gun owners realizing a newly-discovered power. At the very least, recall actions can cause anti-gun politicians and their patrons to use up their resources defensively, as opposed to launching new aggressive campaigns against gun ownership, and even if unsuccessful, can make reelection or pursuit of other offices problematic. And when successful, it can freeze all who live in contestable areas in their tracks, particularly in the 18 states that have recall provisions, and inspire gun rights activists who live in the remaining 32 to organize for legislation to acquire the same capabilities.

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Anonymous said...: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/09/reflecting-on-the-colorado-recalls.html

Must read! PPP admits they witheld polling from last weekend that showed giron was going to be recalled! They claim it was just bc they didn't believe their own results. They have been exposed as a glorified Bloomberg push polling hack company! Look at the excuses they make and claims that the laws were unobtrusive. Hilarious!; September 11, 2013 at 3:08 PM
Anonymous said...: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/11/pollster-blasted-sit-survey-colo-dem-recall-loss/#.UjC3GVkTa3Y.twitter

"DENVER — Public Policy Polling came under fire Wednesday after the firm admitted that it withheld a poll from the public last week that showed Colorado state Sen. Angela Giron losing her recall election by double digits.

“We are getting an awful lot of abuse about not releasing our poll on the Angela Giron recall before the recall election,” said PPP pollster Tom Jensen in his second website post Wednesday."

Nate Silver the former NY Times pollster blasts PPP for doing this!

https://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/status/377851070363762688

VERY bad and unscientific practice for @ppppolls to suppress a polling result they didn't believe/didn't like.; September 11, 2013 at 3:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Politicians all over the country see this recall business being used against them and they don't like it. Look for States to start tightening up the rules on recall elections. The Beast hates it when the "little people" get a foothold and rise up in challenge.; September 11, 2013 at 4:11 PM
Anonymous said...: http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/09/11/nate-silver-vs-public-policy-polling/

Nate silver rips PPP a new one for sitting on their results; September 11, 2013 at 5:39 PM

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