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From 2000 Foes, a Pitch For Gun Show Sales Checks
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From 2000 Foes, a Pitch For Gun Show Sales Checks
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By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 7, 2002; Page A04
They might have been on different sides of the 2000 presidential campaign, but that's in the past. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) have joined forces in a radio ad campaign advocating background checks on gun show sales.
The ads, which will begin airing in the Washington area on Wednesday, make a link between background checks and the terrorist threat the United States faces. "It just makes no sense to allow criminals and terrorists to evade background checks at a time when we are tightening homeland security," McCain says in the commercial.
Americans for Gun Safety, which is spending roughly $50,000 on the radio campaign and plans to follow shortly with a televised ad blitz, is hoping the publicity will build support for McCain and Lieberman's legislative proposal to institute the checks. McCain said he hopes to attach the provision to a larger bill making its way through the Senate.
"It's part of our ongoing effort to get people's attention," McCain said yesterday. "Now that three terrorists have been arrested and convicted of buying guns at gun shows, it adds more urgency to our cause."
While it is rare for lawmakers from two different parties to team up for a political ad, McCain has been working with Democrats on several such projects lately, including singing a show tune with House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) as part of a television commercial promoting Washington, D.C., tourism.
The National Rifle Association is less than impressed with the campaign. "Obviously the events of September 11 have nothing to do with guns," said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, who accused the two senators and Americans for Gun Safety of using the terrorist attack "to resuscitate their flatlining gun-control agenda."
Republicans' Radio Appeal to Hispanic Voters
The Republican National Committee has launched a Spanish-language affairs program in selected markets as part of the GOP's ongoing effort to woo Hispanic voters.
RNC Chairman Marc Racicot announced yesterday that the show, "Abriendo Caminos" or, roughly, "Opening Paths," will begin airing May 20 in Albuquerque; Denver; Fresno, Calif.; Las Vegas; Miami and Orlando. " 'Abriendo Caminos' is an opportunity to communicate directly with the Hispanic community," Racicot said.
RNC officials said that in addition to the $1 million the committee plans to spend on the show, it will pay for any state party leader to take Spanish classes.
Terence McAuliffe, Democratic National Committee chairman, mocked the Republicans' television launch. "Rather than address the most pressing needs of the Hispanic community, like education, health care, jobs, and immigration, and offer concrete actions, Republicans have opted to condense their version of Hispanic outreach to a mere 30 minutes a month, coming to select markets near you."
Gov. Davis: Loss of Favor, but Still in Lead
There is bad news and good news for California Gov. Gray Davis (D): polls show him among the least popular governors in recent California history, but he has opened up a double-digit lead over his Republican opponent, businessman Bill Simon Jr.
Davis, who enjoyed relatively high approval ratings during his first two years in office, is now rated poorly by 49 percent of Californians, against 42 percent who say he is doing a good job, according to the independent Field Poll released yesterday.
Still, recent polls show Davis defeating Simon by 43 percent to 29 percent, although growing numbers of Californians say they are undecided about the November election.
c 2002 The Washington Post Company
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43084-2002May6.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 7, 2002; Page A04
They might have been on different sides of the 2000 presidential campaign, but that's in the past. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) have joined forces in a radio ad campaign advocating background checks on gun show sales.
The ads, which will begin airing in the Washington area on Wednesday, make a link between background checks and the terrorist threat the United States faces. "It just makes no sense to allow criminals and terrorists to evade background checks at a time when we are tightening homeland security," McCain says in the commercial.
Americans for Gun Safety, which is spending roughly $50,000 on the radio campaign and plans to follow shortly with a televised ad blitz, is hoping the publicity will build support for McCain and Lieberman's legislative proposal to institute the checks. McCain said he hopes to attach the provision to a larger bill making its way through the Senate.
"It's part of our ongoing effort to get people's attention," McCain said yesterday. "Now that three terrorists have been arrested and convicted of buying guns at gun shows, it adds more urgency to our cause."
While it is rare for lawmakers from two different parties to team up for a political ad, McCain has been working with Democrats on several such projects lately, including singing a show tune with House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) as part of a television commercial promoting Washington, D.C., tourism.
The National Rifle Association is less than impressed with the campaign. "Obviously the events of September 11 have nothing to do with guns," said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, who accused the two senators and Americans for Gun Safety of using the terrorist attack "to resuscitate their flatlining gun-control agenda."
Republicans' Radio Appeal to Hispanic Voters
The Republican National Committee has launched a Spanish-language affairs program in selected markets as part of the GOP's ongoing effort to woo Hispanic voters.
RNC Chairman Marc Racicot announced yesterday that the show, "Abriendo Caminos" or, roughly, "Opening Paths," will begin airing May 20 in Albuquerque; Denver; Fresno, Calif.; Las Vegas; Miami and Orlando. " 'Abriendo Caminos' is an opportunity to communicate directly with the Hispanic community," Racicot said.
RNC officials said that in addition to the $1 million the committee plans to spend on the show, it will pay for any state party leader to take Spanish classes.
Terence McAuliffe, Democratic National Committee chairman, mocked the Republicans' television launch. "Rather than address the most pressing needs of the Hispanic community, like education, health care, jobs, and immigration, and offer concrete actions, Republicans have opted to condense their version of Hispanic outreach to a mere 30 minutes a month, coming to select markets near you."
Gov. Davis: Loss of Favor, but Still in Lead
There is bad news and good news for California Gov. Gray Davis (D): polls show him among the least popular governors in recent California history, but he has opened up a double-digit lead over his Republican opponent, businessman Bill Simon Jr.
Davis, who enjoyed relatively high approval ratings during his first two years in office, is now rated poorly by 49 percent of Californians, against 42 percent who say he is doing a good job, according to the independent Field Poll released yesterday.
Still, recent polls show Davis defeating Simon by 43 percent to 29 percent, although growing numbers of Californians say they are undecided about the November election.
c 2002 The Washington Post Company
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43084-2002May6.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878