Just a few thoughts about yesterday's "political stunt" in the House and underlying issues . . . .

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4. The strategy for Selma was to appeal to the nation's conscience

I'm not so sure we had one then and even less of one now.

A killer mowed down an elementary school full of first and or second graders and Congress did nothing.

In Selma, law enforcement officials were beating people on camera and debunking the notion of separate but equal.

Here today I doubt that tactic would work because now the protesters would have it coming and officials were just doing their jobs.

The House floor isn't a live feed of active hostility. It does show Republicans could care less but their base agrees with them. They don't vote on guns as a first issue. They vote against the other.

The soccer moms may vote against Republicans for the first time in decades but Republican fear inspired identity politics keep them in the camp