{"id":9010,"date":"2013-09-11T08:14:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T12:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9010"},"modified":"2013-09-11T08:14:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T12:14:20","slug":"huge-bloomberg-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9010","title":{"rendered":"Huge Bloomberg defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Mike<\/a> eats it in Colorado recall elections<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Two Colorado Democrats who provided crucial support for a slate of tough new gun-control laws were voted out of office on Tuesday in a recall vote widely seen as a test of popular support for gun restrictions … The recall elections ousted two Democratic state senators, John Morse and Angela Giron, and replaced them with Republicans. Both defeats were painful for Democrats \u2013 Mr. Morse\u2019s because he had been Senate president, and Ms. Giron\u2019s because she represented a heavily Democratic, working-class slice of southern Colorado … As money and national attention poured into Colorado … the races became a symbol of the nation\u2019s bitter fight over gun control, with one side bolstered by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg<\/a> of New York and the other by the National Rifle Association<\/a> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So how bad was it exactly for Bloomberg?<\/p>\n

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.@SenGiron<\/a> told the New Republic if either her or Morse lost, then MAIG "might as well fold up" #COrecall<\/a> #COpolitics<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cMslFI5rvT<\/a><\/p>\n

— CO Peak Politics (@COpeakpolitics) September 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n