domenic and patricia murphy the founder of jane politics and contributory the daily beast. welcome to you both. that s a big drop for gun control legislation. why do you suppose people are losing interest and passion for the issue, patricia? well, i think that, really the issue, and you can just feel it when you read the newspaper, you can feel it when you watch tv, the issue has lost momentum. there was such searing pain in the country after the newtown country. and then the country tends to move on from politics like that. you see that senators in congress are getting more focused on immigration reform. and there s a lot of talk about gay marriage and equality. once this is off the front, it reverts to being another issue where both sides really go back to their own corners. and because democrats were not able to move quickly on this issue, i think their legislation is going to be in trouble because they don t have the momentum on their side anymore.
feinstein says cruz patronized her with an unsolicited civics lesson on gun legislation. let s get straight to our panel now. cnn contributor and political consultant margaret hoover in washington, patricia murphy, founder of jane politics, here in atlanta, and democratic strategy jamaal simmons in washington. this has created some fireworks everywhere. patricia, i want to start with you. what is your take on the feinstein/cruz smackdown? i have many takes. i think cruz was out of line. senator feinstein is a 20-year veteran of the judiciary committee, wrote first bill on the assault weapons ban, she doesn t need a lecture on the constitution. in addition to being rude to her, this man has been in the senate for 60 days, he was also wrong on the facts. he s trying to say he s making his case there are no limits, rather, to the first amendment
to make it about mitch mcconnell and if you don t like what is going on in washington, vote for me, and mitch mcconnell skeeps mentioning harry reid and barack obama saying that alison grimes is a democrat, and we traditionally do well in the senate and the presidential races in kentucky, and grimes wants to take it away from president obama, and emphasize somebody like steve bashir who has a 16 pors % approval rating all right. thank you, mark. and let me bring in the daily beast contributor, and founder of jane politics. let s start with you, robert, and how will alison grimes combat that, and the strategy is to hold her down with harry reid and obama. well, the mcconnell strategy