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Originally Posted by Superbelt
Lebell, I think we would all be surprised to see where people really lay on this issue. Many who are personally against it might only vote for it because of recent polling that 71% of americans are in favor of it's continuation. Other than that I don't think there is any real difference between the parties outside of the more bombastic leaders.
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I personally wouldn't be surprised because I followed the votes in congress quite closely this summer, particularly when they attached the renewal as a rider to the gun manufacturer's liability bill.
Without digging the numbers up, the support was overwhelmingly democrat with enough repubs joining in to attach the rider...and then the entire bill was torpedoed by both sides.
Yes, Bush has publically stated he would sign a bill, but he has also been very silent towards congress about getting such a bill to his desk. In otherwords, he's playing politics. He can say to the gun grabbers, "see, I supported your bill" without overly pissing off the NRA (although he still has done that).