It's Not Who Answers Opinion Polls, It's Who Shows Up at the Polls

The gun control crowd likes to proclaim that a majority of Americans are on their side, but when there is an election that turns on the question, well, how come they lose?

In an unprecedented backlash, two state lawmakers who helped stiffen Colorado's gun laws were ousted Tuesday in a recall that turned into a nationally watched referendum on gun control.

Colorado Senate President John Morse, who shepherded the legislation to passage, was defeated on a 51%-49% vote. Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo, a fellow Democrat who voted in favor of the measures, lost 56% to 44%. They were replaced by Republicans who opposed the new restrictions.

What really bugged me about this was the constant series of emails that I got from different Democratic political groups as to how the Colorado recall election was "an assault on democracy" or crap to that effect. Yet a couple of years ago, when recall elections were being held in Wisconsin, the same groups were raising money for the challengers.

On the East Coast, even NYC voters can get to the point where they can't tolerate shenanigans. Anthony Weiner was crushed in the primary for mayor. He was the front-runner until it came to light that he was too stupid/arrogant to learn from being caught in one sexting scandal, no he had to do it again. Weiner was shelled in the primary.

Eliot Spitzer tossed in a huge amount of money to try to become the next City Comptroller (normally a pretty obscure job), he still lost the primary