You might like to believe that, but I seriously doubt it’s true. As much as gun activists might like to think otherwise, guns just aren’t that important of an election issue, unless a candidate has an extreme position. The vast majority of gun activists would sooner go to a Streisand concert than vote Democrat, no matter who the Democrat is. Similarly, the grabbers would sooner buy a lifetime NRA membership than vote Republican. Elections are won and lost by trying to appeal to the median voter, and the median voter, even in Tennessee, just doesn’t care all that much about the gun issue, at least not compared to others.

This is why, on nearly every issue, the candidates will do the best they can to sound “reasonable” and appeal to the moderate voter while simultaneously trying hard not to piss off their base.

Remember, Zogby predicted a Kerry win in 2004……