the truth if you go to arkansas it s a very pro gun culture. talk to the republicans in the districts opposed to to gun control they come from gun pro rural cultures and they will not move. they might move on a limited form of a background check but are not going to be banning weapons or ammunition clips or any of the big stuff that was initially part of the conversation. it might be bloomberg is trying to do for gun control what gay rights ab tactivists able to do last 20 years. these things don t happen overnight and i don t think gun control in than sweeping way is going to happen. i agree with you completely. i think to some extent bloomberg is doing and for him this is pocket change. $12 million is something he can spend very easily. but this is very different than what he did in the hallvorson race in chicago. a huge role in the outcome there. these are congressional votes.
legitimate question. a lot of house democrats that i talked to want a comprehensive bill because they worry they ll get a lot of the mental health components but none of the gun-control components. mark halperin is in new york. do you have a question for jeff? obviously a key player in this is harry reid you ve covered for a while. if you think from reid s point of view, what are his priorities? cutting entitlements? immigration? energy? gun control? what how do you think he ranks them in terms of importance to him? i certainly don t think gun control is at the top of harry reid s list here. i mean, he s from nevada. as we know, obviously he is a hunter himself. it s hard to know exactly what his priorities are, but i would not put gun control on the top of the list. he said yesterday he s going to bring it up for a vote. he indicated he s not going to sort of block this, but that s not his priority. i think immigration is probably one of his priorities. as sam said, there s de