Is the NRA going to support Harry Reid

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At first I thought this was a joke but the more I searched it the more it looks like they just might. If the NRA decides to back HR it will be interesting seeing the out come.

Is the NRA going to support Harry Reid for re-election?

The National Rifle Association today stood on its publicly posted announcement that it has not yet endorsed any candidate in the Nevada Senate race – pitting tea party challenger Sharron Angle against longtime Democrat powerhouse incumbent Sen. Harry Reid.

That's as rumors are flooding the Web that the organization, which recently angered many members by withdrawing opposition to a bill that effectively will limit free speech about candidates by some groups, was ready to adopt a pro-Harry stance amid concerns that a loss by the Senate leader would move an even more anti-gun candidate into the leadership post.

"The list of the NRA's transgressions against its membership and the Constitution is long. Shame on me, I had been following this story at a distance. When I saw hints out there that the NRA, in its misplaced zeal for covering its own pathetic rear end, were turning their backs on a solid Reagan conservative in favor of that slimy, walking wart Harry Reid, I went ballistic," wrote a blogger at RedState.com.

Another blogger, at TheTruthAboutGuns.com, compiled a pages-long list of Reid's votes against gun rights, including one last year in which he voted against a ban on the U.N. imposing taxes on Americans after world leaders suggested a global tax on firearms.

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Sen. Harry Reid's support for President Obama's Supreme Court nominees has cost him the endorsement of the National Rifle Association in his re-election bid.

The NRA is a force in rural states like Nevada where many voters own guns and hunt. The absence of the NRA's blessing represents a setback that Reid's campaign was quick to address Friday by noting that NRA executive Wayne LaPierre once called him a "true champion of the Second Amendment."

Christopher W. Cox, chairman of the NRA's Political Victory Fund, said Friday that the organization strongly opposed the confirmation of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, and it had warned lawmakers that the NRA would weigh that vote when it came to its endorsements.
"The vote on Elena Kagan's confirmation to the court, along with the previous year's confirmation vote on Sonia Sotomayor, are critical for the future of the Second Amendment," Cox said in a statement. "After careful consideration, the NRA-PVF announced today that it will not be endorsing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for re-election in the 2010 U.S. Senate race in Nevada."

Cox stopped short of saying whether the group would support Reid's opponent, Republican Sharron Angle, or stay neutral in the race.

An NRA spokesman told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the group would be staying out of the race entirely. The organization did not respond to numerous requests from the Associated Press for comment.

The Senate Majority Leader has built a solid relationship with the NRA over the years and often parted ways with many of his Democratic colleagues on gun issues. Last year, Reid voted to permit passengers on Amtrak railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage. He also voted to prohibit lawsuits against gun manufacturers and dealers for gun-related violence.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee was quick to relay news of the NRA's decision. Meanwhile, Reid's campaign manager, Brandon Hall, noted that the NRA has donated to Reid's campaign and not to Angle's during the current election cycle. The group donated $4,950 to the Reid campaign, according to records maintained by the Center for Responsive Politics.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...a-senate-race/