• Richard Lugar,  Tea Party

    Video: Indiana GOP Senator Richard Lugar to Renew Assault Weapons Ban

    January 17, 2011 /


    Conservative academic and political commentator John Lott in this video discusses large gun clips and the 2004 expired Assault Weapons Ban

    Senator Richard Lugar knows a Tea Party sponsored primary challenger is coming, yet he continues to push the RINO button.

    Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) this weekend called on Congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.

    Lugar is the first GOP senator to call for increased gun control following the Tucson tragedy that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. But Lugar, who supported the initial 10-year-long assault weapons ban when it passed in 1994, said he’s not optimistic about the chances for passing gun control legislation this Congress.

    “I believe it should be, but I recognize the fact that the politics domestically in our country with regard to this are on a different track altogether,” Lugar told Bloomberg Television’s Al Hunt Jan. 14.

    Lugar also noted the increase in ammunition sales since the shootings, which he suspected was out of fear that Congress might pass far-reaching gun control legislation in wake of the tragedy.

    But, regardless, Lugar will push for the ban – even when he knows a bill has little or no chance of passing the GOP controlled House.

    Nonetheless, Lugar is going out on a limb by expressing his support for bringing back the now-defunct assault weapons ban – especially because local Tea Party activists have promised to field a primary challenger for the six-term senator. Lugar has a reputation for working across party lines in the Senate, and his support for gun control legislation would likely put him at odds with a more conservative GOP challenger.

    Lugar also said in the Bloomberg interview that a Tea Party challenge is “not one that I welcome, but nevertheless, this is a democracy.”

    If a Tea Party challenger plays it RIGHT, Lugar will NOT be renominated by the GOP in 2012.

  • George Allen,  Jim Webb,  Macaca Moment

    Former U.S. Senator George Allen Ready to Start Campaign Against Democrat Senator Jim Webb for his Former Seat

    January 17, 2011 /

    Former Virgiinia Senator George Allen

    Good for Allen.

    George Allen, the former U.S. senator and Virginia governor, plans to tell supporters within a week that he is mounting a campaign to retake the Senate seat he lost to Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) in 2006. Allen, 58, the most prominent 2012 challenger to announce so far, has begun to line up key staff members. Webb, 64, who won by 1 percent, has sent mixed signals about whether he will seek reelection. DNC Chairman Tim Kaine, a former Virginia governor who could be the Democratic nominee if Webb bowed out, has been telling friends he thinks Webb will run. The rematch could be one of the hottest races in the country, especially if President Obama’s reelection campaign plays hard in the Old Dominion.

    Everyone, including me went after him for his MACACA comment which he made against a Democrat Party “tracker” who was videoing Allen’s every move. This Alinsky type tactic was early in its implementation and Allen fell for the trap.

    It cost him a very close election. But, Democrat Senator Webb has been not an exemplary Senator and Virginia has been growing “RED.”

    George Allen has an excellent chance against Jim Webb.

    But, the campaign will be BRUTAL.