are supporting. completely con sis stint with supporting the first second amendment. what the president wants to sign is strong enforceable bill with background checks it has 90% support. it can get done. what it is going to require is that the republican not filibuster require 60 votes when the president gave the state of the union with all the newtown families in the audience. they all applauded. if the cameras are off and newtown families aren t there, as the president said politics is the only reason this stuff won t get done. chris: again, on the assault weapons ban, which is is part of the president s program, harry reid says it doesn t have 40 slots. even if you didn t have filibuster, it still wouldn t pass the senatedon t e democrat. which raises the question why didn t the president go harder at democrats from red states, states with a lot of people who support gun rights and try to