{"id":295,"date":"2009-09-30T13:27:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T17:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2009-09-30T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T17:28:00","slug":"majority-leader-schumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Majority Leader Schumer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Politico ponders, “What if Reid loses?<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a question few in the Senate<\/a> will ask aloud but one that\u2019s creeping into the chamber\u2019s collective consciousness: What happens to Democrats if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid<\/a> really does get knocked off<\/a> in the 2010 midterm elections? … \u00a0The two men who would almost certainly battle to succeed Reid \u2014 Sens. Dick Durbin<\/a> of Illinois and Chuck Schumer<\/a> of New York \u2014 are both more liberal and more forcefully partisan figures who would alter the Senate\u2019s equilibrium in significant and unpredictable ways …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know if that actually would have much affect on gun rights. \u00a0While we would trade an individual B+<\/strong> Senator for an F<\/strong> rated one, I would guess the overall gun grade for the Senate will lean even more pro-gun after the ’10 elections because I’m expecting the Democrats to lose seats. \u00a0Schumer would be even more insufferable as Majority Leader, but I don’t see it as a disaster for gun rights.<\/p>\n