falling short, well short, of the 60 votes needed to surmount p filibuster which prompt ad stream of outraged denunciations of the upper chamber. there is a problem, though, with leaning on that 90% stat and makes the politics of gun control seem incredibly simple and incredibly easy. this logic, every senator who voted against background checks, should now be in grave danger of facing a popular uprising in losing his or her seat. the truth is that few of the senators who voted no this week will pay any political price. the fact that they may all get away scot-free. some voted yes may end up suffering at the polls. intensity has something do with this. nra crowd is more likely to vote on guns and guns alone. the real reason is there a huge gulf between the responses voters give pollsters on individual policy questions and how voters actually respond when those policies are enacted. when, in other words, the policies are filtered through the partisan political system. i think you know h