On Gun Control, a Party at War With Itself

Though election day is still 17 months away, Arkansas Democratic Senator Mark Pryor is already angry at his opponent. "Disgusting," he said in a statement released on May 24, when a group funded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg bought $350,000 in Arkansas television time for an ad designed to deprive Pryor of votes among his state's heavily Democratic black community.

Pryor isn't alone. Senate Democrats from West Virginia's Joe Manchin to majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada have been trying to warn Bloomberg off his strategy of running ads that attack vulnerable Democrats for casting less-than-liberal votes on gun...

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