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...have a functional kind of arrangement," Malenfant says. "We're having an extremely good turnout at our board meetings...
...Specter and Wilson believe their pro-choice views on abortion may be the key to an enlarged pool of voters (assuming Bill Clinton remains unopposed on the Democratic side). "Take Iowa first, because it is," says Roger Stone, who is masterminding Specter's campaign. "Figure the normal Iowa turnout of about 110,000 Republican votes, and assume, as everyone does, that Dole will win about 50% of those ballots. With so many players, we could be second with as few as 12,000 votes." Iowa has some moderate Republicans, says Stone, "but not enough. We need Democrats and independents...
...prior year, and membership has surged to a record 3.5 million members. "That's twice as many as the Christian Coalition," boasts Arizona sheriff Richard Mack. At the same time, the N.R.A. has developed a grass-roots network of political activists that, at a time of low voter turnout, is inspiring a new level of fear on Capitol Hill. "We have a political system that rewards intensity," says Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution. "The only way you overcome that is to match their intensity with an intensity among those on the other side, and in the gun debate that...
Still, there is a sense that the N.R.A. is being propelled rightward by a tiny alite. Critics charge that this cadre has seized power by capitalizing on the N.R.A.'s poor internal voter turnout. Though some 33% of members are eligible to vote, just 7% cast ballots. N.R.A. leaders went to great lengths last week in Phoenix to deny any serious rupture within the board. And despite speculation that hard-liners Knox and Metaksa might try to wrest control of the board from the somewhat more moderate helmsmanship of Washington and LaPierre, no putsch transpired. "The N.R.A. plays political games...
Torrance, who attended the rally, said he waspleased with the turnout but added that hisefforts are quieter than those of the protesters'organizers...