{"id":4035,"date":"2011-05-22T08:24:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T12:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4035"},"modified":"2011-05-22T08:24:15","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T12:24:15","slug":"cd-26-down-to-the-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4035","title":{"rendered":"CD-26 down to the wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/polhudson.lohudblogs.com\/2011\/05\/21\/siena-hochul-leads-by-four-points\/\" target=\"_blank\">Latest polling<\/a> shows <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janecorwin.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jane Corwin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kathyhochul.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> are in a statistical dead heat going into Tuesday&#8217;s special election. \u00a0Corwin is clearly in trouble as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitaltonight.com\/2011\/04\/corwin-holds-5-point-lead-in-ny-26\/\" target=\"_blank\">earlier polls showed her leading<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrapvf.org\" target=\"_blank\">NRA<\/a> has done <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lohud.com\/article\/20110522\/NEWS05\/105220364\/GOP-tries-hold-N-Y-House-seat-special-election-Tuesday\" target=\"_blank\">members mailings<\/a> on behalf of Corwin and attacking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackdavis.org\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Davis<\/a>, who also happens to be a NRA life member. \u00a0Yesterday&#8217;s Buffalo News has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalonews.com\/city\/politics\/article429240.ece\" target=\"_blank\">position statements<\/a> from the three main candidates on a variety of issues including guns.<\/p>\n<p>If Corwin blows this it will be entirely her own fault. \u00a0Republicans have not run a strong campaign and let the opposition define her campaign and the issues.<\/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%3D4035&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=4035\">&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=4035\"><\/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=4035\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest polling shows Jane Corwin and Kathy Hochul are in a statistical dead heat going into Tuesday&#8217;s special election. \u00a0Corwin is clearly in trouble as earlier polls showed her leading. 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