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NRA Wants A "Viable" Candidate
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Dec 04, 2007 08:54am |
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| News Date | Monday, December 3, 2007 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Much of the talk about Mike Huckabee's rise in Iowa turns on this -- Even with a win there he would struggle in N.H., where Mitt Romney has been the frontrunner and John McCain appears to be gaining some steam. But it seems to On Call, that there's one thing that could provide Huckabee some serious leverage in the Granite State, should he actually come out on top in Iowa and that's the endorsement of the National Rifle Association.
Andrew Arulanandam, director of public affairs for the NRA, said the group usually holds off until the conventions to pick a candidate.
"Typically, we don’t endorse until after the nominations at conventions," he said. "That has been standard operating procedure as far as NRA in presidential races. For us to make any endorsement in the primary is definitely out of the ordinary as far as what we usually do."
Out of the ordinary, perhaps, but not out of the realm of the possible, Arulanandam said.
By On Call's estimation, the group would rather sit out the primary season than back Rudy Giuliani or Romney, whose records on the Second Amendment leave much to be desired for the sporting set. So wouldn't it be interesting, and couldn't it potentially shake things up in the Live Free or Die state, if the NRA made a critical announcement between the Iowa caucuses and N.H. primary? An announcement that could carry Huckabee or McCain to a top three finish ...
" I think guns have as much a role to play up here as abortion does," said Dante Scala, an assistant professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire. |
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