{"id":466,"date":"2009-12-03T20:29:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T01:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=466"},"modified":"2009-12-03T20:29:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T01:29:59","slug":"bishop-showing-some-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=466","title":{"rendered":"Bishop showing some weakness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep.\u00a0Tim Bishop<\/a> is showing some weakness in the latest poll according to Hotline On Call<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… The McLaughlin & Assoc.<\/a> (R) poll, taken for businessman Randy Altschuler (R)<\/a>, shows Bishop leading by a wide 46% to 26% margin. It’s a big gap, but the fact that a 4-term incumbent who won in ’08 with 58% is polling below 50% could be an indication of trouble ahead. Altschuler is barely known in the district, and if allowed to define himself, he has nowhere to go but up …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The poll uses a small sample, but I think there’s going to be a big Obama<\/a> backlash next year. The beating Democrats received on the Island this past election was just a down payment. \u00a0It’s too early to tell if Bishop will be a victim of it, but he’s a solid anti and getting rid of him would be a plus.<\/p>\n