Bloomberg is Wasting Money

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s commitment to spend millions in anti-gun advertising is probably not just a waste of money, but counter-productive.

Senate Majority Leader Reid did not miscount.  There weren’t 40 votes for an assault weapons ban, and running local TV advertising in red states with Democratic senators up in 2014 won’t move the needle.

In fact, the latest CBS poll by Anthony Salvanto shows that support for gun control is backsliding since the Newtown shooting. Public support for stricter laws is now 47 percent, down from 57 percent last December. Half the public want laws kept the same (39%) or lessened (11%). There was a 12-point drop off in Democratic support for stricter laws.

But, Bloomberg as the most egregious example of the rich elite New York nanny state liberal is an easy foil for Wayne LaPierre and the NRA.  He probably costs more red state votes than his ads gain.

See:
CBS News: Poll: Support for stricter gun control wanes
Huffington Post: Heidi Heitkamp blasts Michael Bloomberg over gun control ads