Does Kavanaugh Mess Spell Disaster For Gun Grabbing Candidates?

By Tom Knighton

There are few people I would want to be less than Brett Kavanaugh right now. He’s been peppered with the most unsupported allegations possible for some of the most horrendous crimes known to man. His reputation is ruined. His good name, smeared.

And there’s not really a silver lining for him.

The thing is, it looks like there’s not much of a silver lining for the Democrats who kicked this particular anthill, either. You see, while people like Michael Bloomberg are still funneling millions to anti-gun candidates because he believes Democrats are energized, that might not really be the case.

Just over a month away from critical elections across the country, the wide Democratic enthusiasm advantage that has defined the 2018 campaign up to this point has disappeared, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

In July, there was a 10-point gap between the number of Democrats and Republicans saying the November elections were “very important.” Now, that is down to 2 points, a statistical tie.

Democrats’ advantage on which party’s candidate they are more likely to support has also been cut in half since last month. Democrats still retain a 6-point edge on that question, but it was …Read the Rest

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