{"id":10866,"date":"2014-10-20T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T14:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10866"},"modified":"2014-10-20T10:48:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T14:48:07","slug":"obrien-doubling-down-on-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10866","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Brien doubling down on SAFE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedobrien.org\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Ted O&#8217;Brien<\/a> is doubling down on his SAFE vote by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochesterhomepage.net\/story\/d\/story\/gun-control-groups-to-endorse-ted-obrien\/53642\/-QUwK8m6PEaLZo45RMTR5Q\" target=\"_blank\">accepting the endorsement<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyagv.org\" target=\"_blank\">NYAGV<\/a> and the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\"> Brady&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At this point he probably figures he&#8217;s got nothing to lose by accepting their endorsement.\u00a0 The latest poll shows his challenger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richfunkeforsenate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rich Funke<\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/vote-up\/2014\/10\/06\/republicans-lead-in-three-key-ny-senate-races-siena\/16794399\/\" target=\"_blank\">a huge 25 point lead<\/a> over him.\u00a0 Sometime in the near future Ted is going to discover that their endorsement doesn&#8217;t mean anything and won&#8217;t get him any money, volunteers or votes.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D10866&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10866\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10866\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10866\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Ted O&#8217;Brien is doubling down on his SAFE vote by accepting the endorsement of NYAGV and the Brady&#8217;s. 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