{"id":424,"date":"2009-11-21T16:05:58","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T21:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=424"},"modified":"2009-11-21T16:05:58","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T21:05:58","slug":"follow-the-bouncing-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=424","title":{"rendered":"Follow the bouncing Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ball4ny.com\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Ball<\/a> has apparently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/article\/20091121\/NEWS01\/91121008\/Ball-to-run-for-state-Senate-in-2010\" target=\"_blank\">decided to switch gears<\/a> and run for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">State Senate<\/a> next year. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know if that means incumbent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senator\/vincent-l-leibell\" target=\"_blank\">Vinnie Leibell<\/a> is retiring or if there will be a GOP primary for party backing. \u00a0Leibell backed a primary challenger to Ball last year so it would not surprise me if it turns out to be the later.<\/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%3D424&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; 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