Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
Hours after the tragic elementary school shootings today in Connecticut, White House spokesman Jay Carney said that it was not the time to discuss gun control legislation, the Washington Post reports.
Said Carney: “I’m sure there will be rather a day for discussion of the usual Washington policy debates, but I don’t think today is that day.”
Marc Ambinder: How to prevent more mass killings.
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