Crime is up in Rochester so Mayor Lovely Warren decides to meet with representatives from Moms Demand Action.
This comes one month after I sent out this press release, “Rochester shootings leave no doubt the SAFE Act is a failure.“
More power to Preet
Good article at Crain’s, “U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is on the warpath.“
Walker walks
Governor Scott Walker has suspended his presidential campaign.
He takes a shot at Donald Trump on the way out, but it does not change the fact that, like Rick Perry, he just could not put together a strong campaign. Ideas and ideology mean nothing without a way to implement an agenda and Walker did not have his stuff together to do that.
New DC ruling may impact New York
A new decision out of DC may impact the Sullivan Act:
“… The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday that the city cannot require gun owners to re-register a gun every three years, make a gun available for inspection or pass a test about firearms laws. The court also struck down a ban on registering more than one pistol per month …”
This does not have an immediate effect in New York, but depending upon where it goes down the line it might.
Bloomberg media goes after Cruz
Bloomberg’s astroturf media outlet The Trace goes after Ted Cruz, “Expert: Cruz’s Shoutout to Gun Owners of America Marked an ‘Unprecedented’ Turn for Presidential Campaigns“:
“It was one of the Senator from Texas’ few big moments in Wednesday night’s Republican presidential primary debate, and he milked it for all it was worth. Speaking over the moderator as he looked directly into the CNN camera, Ted Cruz boasted about his long history standing up for the “right to keep and bear arms.” He used the phrase three times in under a minute as he ticked off his gun-rights bonafides … Finally, he worked up to his clincher: “I was honored to be endorsed by Gun Owners of America as the strongest supporter of the Second Amendment on this stage today.” …”
The reason he did this is simple: Cruz has to do something to separate himself from the pack. There are way too many candidates on stage right now.
Of course Bloomberg doesn’t like this:
“… Alan Schroeder, a Northeastern University journalism professor and author of Presidential Debates: Fifty Years of High-Risk TV, tells The Trace, “I honestly cannot think of a parallel example from previous presidential primary debates” of a candidate on national television aligning themselves with a group so extreme …”
This attack demonstrates why I don’t believe Bloomberg is going to be very relevant in next year’s presidential election. It’s just lame. The best his money could buy was to get an egghead nobody has heard of before to trot out the old liberal canard of Republicans being “extreme.”
“… GOA’s positions and rhetoric are notably high-proof …”
And still don’t come close to the Laddites calling for SWATting gun owners.
With voters in no mood for more gun control, Bloomberg’s attack is not likely to dissuade other candidates from presenting their pro-gun credentials. If he simply left the issue alone for now, Cruz’s remarks would have faded into the background noise. Instead Bloomberg elevated GOA which might encourage NRA to step up their pressure.
Latest brief in Title 38 suit
Here is the latest brief filed by NYSRPA in the lawsuit challenging NYC Title 38.
Good riddance
Antigun rag Daily News, which has been losing tens of millions of dollars every year, appears to have had an employee purge including their leading gun control spokesman:
Sad to report that today is my last day with the Daily News. It's been a great 10 years and I work with great people.
— Bill Hammond (@NYDNHammond) September 16, 2015
Good. Hope the door hits you in butt on the way out.
Cuomo running for V.P.?
Fred Dicker theorizes, “Is Cuomo trying to run for vice president on Biden’s ticket?”
“Gov. Cuomo’s dream of being president has been dashed for the current election cycle but that doesn’t mean he isn’t angling for the second- most-powerful job in the nation: vice president on a ticket headed by current VP Joe Biden. That’s the most provocative of three theories circulating among state Democrats seeking to explain Cuomo’s effusive, jaw-dropping, and attention-grabbing embrace of Biden over the past two weeks … Cuomo’s showcasing of Biden during three high-profile appearances together last Thursday and Friday and during the previous week were seen by some of the state’s most influential Democrats as what one called “an obvious effort’’ to join a Biden ticket …”
Possible, but I doubt it. Andrew’s popularity is nowhere near what it was and he would not bring a lot of positives to the ticket.
“… Several angry Democrats, all strong Clinton backers, told The Post that Cuomo’s embrace of Biden had further damaged the former first lady and secretary of state as she struggles with investigations into her private e-mail server, plunging poll numbers, and what seems to many like a President Obama-backed Biden candidacy …”
No. Andrew is even less likable than Hillary. Staying away from the campaign is a plus for her.
“… The second theory holds that Cuomo has been promoting Biden to put pressure on Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Southern District US Attorney Preet Bharara, and possibly Obama himself to block or terminate Bharara’s investigation of Cuomo’s shutdown last year of the corruption-fighting Moreland Commission and allegations he or his aides sought to interfere with the probe …”
Possible, but what would Obama and Biden get out of this? Democrats do not have much love for Andrew so what would they get by helping him out?
“… Mayor de Blasio, Cuomo’s Democratic nemesis, is at the center of the third theory, which holds that the governor’s embrace of Biden is part of an effort to overshadow the politically struggling mayor …”
I’m going with this one.
Rick Perry out
Rick Perry has dropped out of the ’16 race.
Was he ever really in it?
Perry has a decent enough record as Governor of Texas, but he just can’t seem to put a campaign together. He makes G. Elmer look competent by comparison.
Too soon for an endorsement
“U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has received the endorsement of Gun Owners of America, a national Second Amendment advocacy group, in his bid for the presidency of the United States. “We need a stalwart defender of the Second Amendment in the White House, and Ted Cruz will help shoulder the burden of fighting against the gun grabbers dedicated to eviscerating the Second Amendment,” the organization’s chairman Tim Macy said …”
I like Cruz, but it is way too soon for an endorsement. He’s got to show he has the ability to put together a national campaign and raise a boatload of cash first.