Report: NRA shoots blanks this election

[babylonsister]

Report: NRA shoots blanks this election
By Mike Lillis - 11/08/12 07:02 PM ET


The National Rifle Association (NRA) all but struck out this election in its quest to build a Congress more favorable to gun rights, according to a new nonpartisan report.

The Sunlight Foundation, a campaign watchdog group, found that the NRA's Political Victory Fund – the political arm of the nation's largest gun lobbying organization – spent almost $11 million for or against individual candidates in the general elections, but got less than a 1 percent return on its investment.

The NRA, for instance, spent more than $7.4 million in opposition to President Obama and almost $1.9 million in support of Mitt Romney, according to Sunlight. But Obama was the victor on Tuesday, and the NRA had similar bad luck trying to influence Senate and House races.

For example, the group put almost $538,000 behind Indiana Senate contender Richard Mourdock (R), who lost, and spent more than $512,000 to oppose Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who won, according to Sunlight.

The list goes on.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/other-races/266983-report-nra-bats-almost-zero-in-elections

[Kingofalldems]

1. Repub organization through and through.

[MotherPetrie]

2. Music to my NRA loathing ears

[ManiacJoe]

3. As the article points out, it depends on how you measure

the success/failure. Using the dollar amounts does make for great headlines.