The Note - The Politics of Mass Shootings

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style="font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;color:#333333;width:750px;padding:10px;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="745" style="color:#333333;line-height:1.5em;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:5px;"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-top:10px;_padding-top:20px;" valign="top"><!-- headline --> <h1 style="color:#033051;font-size:20px;padding:2px 0 5px 0;margin:0;font-weight:normal;font-size:25px;line-height:26px;font-family:georgia,'times new roman',sans-serif">The Note: The Politics of Mass Shootings</h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="730"><!-- content area --> <div style="color:#333333;width:745px;font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif"> October, 02, 2015 10:02 AM <br /> By MICHAEL FALCONE <br /> <br /> <p> </p><p> <strong>NOTABLES</strong></p> <p> <strong>--PRESIDENT OBAMA LAMENTS MASS SHOOTINGS BECOMING 'ROUTINE': </strong> A grim-faced and emotional President Obama spoke out Thursday after the massacre at an Oregon college -- lamenting that mass killings have become "routine" in the United States and blasting those who oppose tougher gun laws. "I hope and pray that I don't have to come out again in my tenure as president to offer my condolences to families under these circumstances. But based on my experience as president, I can't guarantee that," Obama said in the White House briefing room, <strong>ABC's ALI WEINBERG </strong>reports. "Someone will comment and say, 'Obama politicized this issue.' Well, this is something we should politicize," he said. "It is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic." Rather than shying away from the political dimension to mass shootings, the president leaned in to it, saying that Thursday's events were direct products of political decisions -- those made by lawmakers and by those who elect them. "We collectively are answerable to those families, who lose their loved ones because of our inaction," he said. <a href="http://abcn.ws/1OKpgoZ" id="LPlnk418323">http://abcn.ws/1OKpgoZ</a></p> <p> <strong>--HILLARY CLINTON APPEARS TO SUPPORT A NO-FLY ZONE IN SYRIA: </strong>In what would be a break from the White House, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/whitehouse/hillary-clinton.htm" id="ramplink_Hillary Clinton_" target="_blank">Hillary Clinton</a> appears to be backing a no-fly zone over <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/world/europe-migrant-crisis.htm" id="ramplink_Syria_" target="_blank">Syria</a>. In the interview with Boston's NBC affiliate yesterday, she said the following when asked about Syria: "I personally would be advocating now for a no-fly zone and humanitarian corridors to try to stop the carnage on the ground and from the air, to try to provide some way to take stock of what's happening, to try to stem the flow of refugees." </p> <p> <strong>--SO DOES <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/gov-john-kasich.htm" id="ramplink_JOHN KASICH_" target="_blank">JOHN KASICH</a>:</strong> Republican presidential candidate John Kasich will this morning call for the United States and its allies in the Middle East and Western Europe to designate no-fly zones in parts of Syria, Kasich campaign spokesman Scott Milburn told <strong>ABC's BEN GITTLESON</strong>. The Ohio governor will tie his pronouncement to Russia's recent military activity in Syria and his worry about potential further escalation, according to a statement provide to Reuters whose accuracy was confirmed by Milburn. Reuters first reported the news. <strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="http://reut.rs/1iQEdYU">http://reut.rs/1iQEdYU</a></p> <p> <strong>--ANALYSIS -- ABC's <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/reporters/rick-klein.htm" id="ramplink_RICK KLEIN_" target="_blank">RICK KLEIN</a>:</strong> Which is more surprising -- that Bernie Sanders is within financial striking distance of Hillary Clinton, or that he's within polling striking distance without spending any of that cash on ads? What's clear is that one avenue for Clinton to beat Sanders -- for Sanders to beat himself by running out of cash after the first round of early states -- is now closed. Sanders has his war chest, and an ability to replenish it via small-dollar donors that the Clinton apparatus can't match. What's becoming clear is that any strategy that depends on outside money to boost a candidate is basing that strategy on hope, not history. If anything, this election cycle has shown the limits of Super PACs -- think Rick Perry and Scott Walker. The Clinton campaign has weapons left to deploy, including, of course, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/bill-clinton.htm" id="ramplink_Bill Clinton_" target="_blank">Bill Clinton</a>. But the point is that it's increasingly likely those weapons will have to come out during the primary season.</p> <p> <strong>THIS WEEK on "THIS WEEK":</strong> GOP presidential candidates, <strong>Donald Trump</strong> and New Jersey Gov.<strong> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/chris-christie.htm" id="ramplink_Chris Christie_" target="_blank">Chris Christie</a></strong>, come to "This Week," Sunday. Plus, the powerhouse roundtable debates the week in politics with Rep. <strong>Keith Ellison</strong>, D-Minn; Rep. <strong>Tom Cole</strong>, R-Okla.; Fox News anchor <strong><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/greta-van-susteren.htm" target="_blank">Greta Van Susteren</a></strong>; and<strong> Matt Bai</strong>, national political columnist for Yahoo News. See the whole political picture, Sunday on "This Week."</p> <p> <strong>WILL HE OR WON'T HE? BIDEN STILL HAS ABOUT ONE MORE MONTH TO MAKE UP HIS MIND. </strong>Vice President <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/whitehouse/joe-biden.htm" id="ramplink_Joe Biden_" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a> is still deciding whether to jump into the 2016 presidential race -- but how much longer can he go before he's forced to make the leap? The "maybe" candidate is benefiting from the speculation in the media for now, but filing deadlines to get on early primary ballots that could force the vice president's hand are already right around the corner. The first deadline for Democratic candidates -- and perhaps the absolute moment of truth for Joe Biden -- is just five weeks away: a Nov. 6 deadline to get on the Alabama ballot. The problem snowballs from there. <strong>ABC'S MADISON JAROS</strong> and <strong>RYAN STRUYK</strong> have more. <a href="http://abcn.ws/1j3xCvc" id="LPlnk355976">http://abcn.ws/1j3xCvc</a></p> <p> <strong>TODAY ON THE TRAIL with ABC'S SHUSHANNAH WALSHE: </strong><strong>Hillary Clinton</strong> will be in Florida--another critical state--this afternoon speaking at a "grassroots event" in Davie in South Florida. And just off her backing a no-fly zone over Syria yesterday, she will also do an interview with Telemundo in Miami. <strong><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/ben-carson.htm" id="ramplink_Ben Carson_" target="_blank">Ben Carson</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/marco-rubio.htm" id="ramplink_Marco Rubio_" target="_blank">Marco Rubio</a></strong> are both in <strong>Iowa</strong>. Carson has three events today all in or around Des Moines. <strong>Carly Fiorina</strong> and <strong>Jeb Bush</strong> are in <strong>South Carolina.</strong> This afternoon Bush attends the Conservative Leadership project Forum in Greenville. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> and <strong>John Kasich</strong> are in <strong>New Hampshire</strong>, both with jam packed days. Cruz holds a press conference in Nashua this morning and this afternoon will attend the Deerfield Fair with his wife. This evening he attends a house party in Salem. Bill Clinton is on the stump today attending the Democrats Annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner Celebration this evening in Charleston.</p> <p> <strong>THE BUZZ</strong></p> <p> <strong>with ABC's PAOLA CHAVEZ and VERONICA STRACQUALURSI</strong></p> <p> <strong>PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OFFER SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF OREGON SHOOTING. </strong>In the wake of a mass shooting yesterday at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, a number of presidential candidates took to social media to offer their thoughts and prayers to the victims and their loved ones. Jeb Bush was the first to take to Twitter to respond and following her event in Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said it was "beyond my comprehension that we are seeing these mass murders happen again and again and again." <strong>ABC's VERONICA STRACQUALURSI </strong>has more.<a href="http://abcn.ws/1FJ6s6M"> http://abcn.ws/1FJ6s6M</a></p> <p> <strong>HOW TED CRUZ, RAND PAUL FRIENDSHIP IS TURNING NASTY.</strong> It was May 2012 and Sen. Rand Paul took the stage at a tea party rally in Texas, telling the crowd he wanted to introduce them to a "gentleman" and a "friend" who he joked might be "too smart to be in the U.S. Senate," but who would take seriously the oath to defend the Constitution. Back then, Paul offered gushing endorsement of a Texan named Ted Cruz who was in the midst of a tough Senate race. "I want to introduce at this point in time hopefully the next senator from Texas," Paul told the audience. Cruz shook Paul's hand, declaring "God Bless Rand Paul." <strong>ABC's JESSICA HOPPER</strong> has more on how their once-supportive relationship appears to be turning into a fierce rivalry. <a href="http://abcn.ws/1JGW4au" id="LPlnk807841">http://abcn.ws/1JGW4au</a></p> <p> <strong>WHY BEN CARSON KEEPS TALKING ABOUT HITLER.</strong> Ben Carson has been talking about Hitler a lot lately on the campaign trail. Yes, Hitler. <strong>ABC's KATHERINE FAULDERS</strong> reports, the retired neurosurgeon and GOP front-runner is attempting to send a clear message to his supporters: Nazi Germany can happen in America. Carson's campaign acknowledges the political perils associated with speaking of Nazi Germany and Hitler, and concedes that Carson should probably find a better example to make the same point. <a href="http://abcn.ws/1FLqblW"> ;http://abcn.ws/1FLqblW</a></p> <p> <strong>AL GORE WON'T GIVE OUTRIGHT 'NO' TO PRESIDENTIAL BID. </strong> Is Al Gore running in 2016? According to <strong>ABC's ALANA ABRAMSON</strong>, he's been asked repeatedly --and often gives the same answer --but it is never a straight up "no." "I am a recovering politician. The longer I go without a relapse the less likely one becomes," the former Vice President and 2000 Presidential candidate told the Atlantic's James Fallows at the Washington Ideas Forum. Gore admitted that he had overused this answer, but said, "I'm gonna give it anyway." <a href="http://abcn.ws/1KU3iK7" id="LPlnk177265">http://abcn.ws/1KU3iK7</a></p> <p> <strong>HAPPENING TODAY: </strong><strong>"MARCO RUBIO STEPS UP RHETORICAL ATTACKS ON VLADIMIR PUTIN," by the Wall Street Journal's PATRICK O'CONNOR.</strong> "Florida Sen. <strong>Marco Rubio</strong>, a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, plans Friday to step up his rhetorical attacks on Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Florida senator will use a foreign-policy forum in this first-in-the-nation caucus state to outline a series of steps he would take as president to isolate Mr. Putin and his inner circle in the escalating standoff between the two Cold War foes. Mr. Rubio will call for new sanctions against top Russian officials and companies, including oil and gas giant Gazprom. He will promise to provide arms and intelligence to Ukraine. And he will vow to work with European allies to exclude Russia from an exchange that allows banks to transfer money across borders."</p> <p> </p> <p> <strong>WHAT WE'RE READING</strong></p> <p> <strong>"CAN DONALD TRUMP SEAL THE DEAL WITH EVANGELICALS?" by The Christian Broadcasting Network's DAVID BRODY: </strong>";Donald Trump has proven the political world wrong. Not only has his iconic name and 'GOP frontrunner' appeared in the same sentence, they've stayed together. And his support is attracting evangelicals too, or as he likes to say, 'I'm leading with the evangelicals big league!' It's true. Poll after poll shows Trump ahead among 'self-identified' evangelicals. ... However, with proven evangelical-type candidates already out there like Carson, Cruz and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Trump has some work to do." <a href="http://bit.ly/1PSldUN">http://bit.ly/1PSldUN</a></p> <p> </p> <p> <strong>WHO'S TWEETING?</strong></p> <p> <strong>@JHoganGidley:</strong> "I refuse to walk my grandkids through the charred remains of a once great country," says <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee">@GovMikeHuckabee</a>: <a href="http://t.co/HVnpPjj0Tf" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/1FI01ki">http://bit.ly/1FI01ki ;</a></p> <p> <strong>@KFaulders:</strong> .<a href="https://twitter.com/RealBenCarson">@RealBenCarson</a> lists schools from best to worst: Homeschool is best, then private school, then charter schools followed by public schools.</p> <p> <strong>@ryanstruyk:</strong> ABC/Post today in 2011: Romney 25, Cain 17, Perry 17, Gingrich 9. Quinnipiac last week: Trump 25, Carson 17, Fiorina 12, Bush 10, Fiorina 9</p> <p> <strong>@LindseyGrahamSC:</strong> Watch my exchange w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/WhoopiGoldberg">@WhoopiGoldberg</a> about using the education of young women to combat radical Islam <a href="http://t.co/v1psKrjCiX" target="_blank" title="http://www.lindseygraham.com/2015/09/30/graham-makes-second-appearance-on-abcs-the-view/">http://www.lindseygraham.com/2015/09/30/graham-makes-second-appearance-on-abcs-the-view/ ;...</a></p> <p> <strong>@RebeccaJarvis: </strong>Where the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jobs?src=hash">#Jobs</a> Are: Healthcare +34k, Business +31k, Retail +24k, Food Service +21k, Information +12K</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="730"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="730"> <!--POWERINBOX--> <div class="powerinbox"> <table width="750" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"> YOU MIGHT LIKE </td> <td align="right"> <a href="http://contentstripe.powerinbox.com/?utm_source=contentstripe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=abc_thenote&utm_content=animatedlogo" style="display: inline-block; border: 0; outline:none; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> <img height="40" border="0" src="http://az571945.vo.msecnd.net/static/contentstripe/cs-recommend-by-transparent.gif" style="width: 143px; height: 40px;" width="143"> </a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="750" class="fallback" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="180" style="border-collapse:collapse; padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://cs.powerinbox.com/stripe/[email protected]&cs_esp=abcnews&cs_offset=0&cs_stripeid=2384" style="border-style: none;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> <img alt="" height="215" src="http://cs.powerinbox.com/stripe/[email protected]&cs_esp=abcnews&cs_offset=0&cs_stripeid=2384" style="display: block;border: 0;height: auto;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" width="180"> </a> </td> <td width="180" style="border-collapse:collapse; padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://cs.powerinbox.com/stripe/[email protected]&cs_esp=abcnews&cs_offset=1&cs_stripeid=2384" style="border-style: none;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> <img alt="" height="215" src="http://cs.powerinbox.com/stripe/[email protected]&cs_esp=abcnews&cs_offset=1&cs_stripeid=2384" style="display: block;border: 0;height: auto;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" width="180"> </a> </td> <td width="180" style="border-collapse:collapse; padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://cs.powerinbox.com/stripe/[email protected]&cs_esp=abcnews&cs_offset=2&cs_stripeid=2384" style="border-style: none;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> <img alt="" height="215" src="http://cs.powerinbox.com/stripe/[email protected]&cs_esp=abcnews&cs_offset=2&cs_stripeid=2384" style="display: block;border: 0;height: auto;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" width="180"> </a> </td> <td width="180" style="border-collapse:collapse;"> <a href="http://cs.powerinbox.com/stripe/[email protected]&cs_esp=abcnews&cs_offset=3&cs_stripeid=2384" style="border-style: none;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> <img alt="" height="215" src="http://cs.powerinbox.com/stripe/[email protected]&cs_esp=abcnews&cs_offset=3&cs_stripeid=2384" style="display: block;border: 0;height: auto;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" width="180"> </a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!--POWERINBOX--> </td> </tr> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> </div> <!-- unsubscribe area --> <div style="background-color:#fff;color:#999999;font-size:9px;border-top:1px solid #999999;padding:10px;clear:both;"> This email was sent to <span style="color:#999999;">[email protected]</span> <br /><br /> Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. <br /><br /> <strong>Newsletter Unsubscribe</strong><br /> If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter "Political Unit: The Note" at this email address, you may <a href="https://clk.go.com/c/62/sources/1/lists/16553/unsub/confirm?dXNlcklkPXs2NzMxNDBGRS1DQjczLTRCM0YtOTg3OC0zRDkwRTIxRjAyM0Z9JmJjYXN0SWQ9NDU3MzY2NzE0JmNoPUVNQUlMJmVhPXBvZGVzdGFAbGF3Lmdlb3JnZXRvd24uZWR1JnNpZz1VbDV5WksyblJxazNJVHNxU3dCTnpIZHVyWkU" style="color:#999999;">click here</a> to unsubscribe. <br /><br /> <strong>Add me to the ABC News Do Not Email List</strong><br /> This email contains an advertisement from ABCNews, 7 WEST 66th Street, New York, NY 10023. 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