On the filibuster rule change

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Senate Democrats voted to curb use of the filibuster for judicial nominees.

Rosslyn Smith at the American Thinker writes that NRA could have a field day over this as every possible nominee could be used for determining incumbent candidate ratings.  On last nights Kelly File she theorized that if Republicans regain the majority next year they could expand on this rule change to push a straight repeal of Obamacare though.  Along those same lines they could also move the nationwide reciprocity bill through over the objections of Schumer and Co. as it had 58 votes last time it came up.

Protesting Cuomo in Buffalo

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A new low for Cuomo

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The notoriously biased Siena College Poll shows a new low for Gov. Cuomo: 51% favor his re-election, 41% do not.

MAIG member arrested for 2nd time

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Mayors Against Illegal Guns member Monticello Mayor Gordon Jenkins has been arrested for the 2nd time on a DWI charge.

He was previously convicted on selling counterfeit sneakers back in 2011.  He is still listed on the MAIG website as a member.

Ball & Marchione with shotgun

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Senator Greg Ball showing Senator Kathy Marchione his shotgun from yesterday’s trapshoot fundraiser at Willow Wood Gun Club.

New York is Open for Business

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Nearly three weeks after sending out a press release, one downstate media outlet finally picked up on the fact that SAFE is bad for New York businesses:

“Gov. Cuomo’s tough new gun law has put a target on the state’s gun makers.  Cities, counties and states from across the country have been making lucrative pitches to New York’s firearms companies, urging them to relocate. Their argument: They have a gun-friendly atmosphere, and New York does not.  “They receive solicitations . . . on almost a daily basis,” said Lawrence Kean, senior vice president and general counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade group.  “CEOs have told me they could basically move their factories for free.” … Tom King, president of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, said New York’s gun industry is teetering and any new laws, especially a bill favored by Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg to require the microstamping of all bullets, so the bullets could be traced to their original owners, could spell the end …”

Cuomo has been touting this “New York is Open for Business” crap and it is high time the media start questioning him on that issue as well as guns.

Cuomo’s losses and the governor’s race

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The Post’s editorial board chimes in on Rob Astorino’s re-election and possible gubernatorial run.

I haven’t seen it in print anywhere, but add Ed Mangano’s name on the short list of possible GOP candidates as well.

Another big loss for Cuomo

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The Buffalo News editorializes on Erie Sheriff Tim Howard’s re-election:

“… An incumbent Republican sheriff who bashed the governor’s gun control law from January through Election Day and easily won re-election … Howard, who posted an impressive 52 percent victory in his three-way contest, is adamant about what the results say.  “If Albany and the governor want to win the support of the people of Erie County, they’ve got to listen to us,” the sheriff said. “Nobody seems to measure the feeling.  And it’s not about guns; it’s about the Constitution.” …”

Some downstate media pundits were saying that the Nassau and Westchester County Executive races would be a referendum on SAFE.  Haven’t seen a follow-up similar to the Buffalo News op-ed from any of them yet.