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Old 10-04-2006, 11:50 AM
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Default Re: Opinion column on the bill from Sports Illustrated

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Not that it means anything, but every response that I saw to his article in the blog was against the ban. I would suspect that these are normal people too, not just 2+2ers. If we can really get the general public against this, things could start to happen in our favor.

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It's really a matter of intensity of preference here. Even if 95% of people oppose the ban, the legislation would stay because the vast majority of that 95% wouldn't care enough to rally/lobby/vote against their senator based on the issue. As a result, there's no political incentive to not cater to that 5% (or whatever) that TRULY cares about it and supports the ban.
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