{"id":6066,"date":"2012-05-02T15:39:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T19:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6066"},"modified":"2012-05-02T15:39:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T19:39:24","slug":"shoring-up-his-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6066","title":{"rendered":"Shoring up his base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senator\/roy-j-mcdonald\" target=\"_blank\">Roy McDonald<\/a> was one of the handful of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenaterepublicans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Senators<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/25\/nyregion\/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html\" target=\"_blank\">vote in favor of gay marriage<\/a> last year, a move that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saratogian.com\/articles\/2012\/03\/01\/news\/doc4f4ed240619e1001689881.txt\" target=\"_blank\">did not make him any friends<\/a> especially after his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/18\/nyregion\/money-flows-to-gop-backers-of-gay-marriage-in-new-york.html\" target=\"_blank\">campaign contributions<\/a> were examined.<\/p>\n<p>Facing a <a href=\"http:\/\/capitalregion.ynn.com\/content\/top_stories\/579442\/marchione-announces-state-senate-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\">primary fight<\/a> in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012s\/fs43.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new district<\/a>, Capitol Confidential <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.timesunion.com\/capitol\/archives\/129295\/mcdonald-likes-guns-lawful-ones-that-is\/\" target=\"_blank\">reports on a full color mailing<\/a> his campaign has done to the new district in hopes of shoring up his support among gun owners:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Complete with a picture of the senator as a young man on a hunting trip with his dad, the piece notes McDonald\u2019s pro-sportsman votes as well as his opposition to micro-stamping &#8230; The letter also quotes McDonald as referring to moves for more gun laws as \u201cmisguided liberal interests\u201d &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\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%3D6066&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=6066\">&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=6066\"><\/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=6066\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy McDonald was one of the handful of Republican Senators to vote in favor of gay marriage last year, a move that did not make him any friends especially after his campaign contributions were examined. 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