"GOP May've Overplayed Gambling Bill Hand"

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Just ONE MORE reason the repukes are losing support. This bill may very well explode in their faces.:7


GOP May've Overplayed Gambling Bill Hand
By ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press Writer

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"I don't believe a large volume of voters are motivated to go to the polls because of Internet gaming, either way," said Brian Darling of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank.

But with Republicans already on the defensive over the Iraq war, budget deficits and the congressional page scandal, the gambling law is the latest issue that could steer voters away from the GOP.

"I've been a loyal Republican for over 30 years, and I'm quitting the party I once loved," said Jim Henry, 55, who lives outside San Francisco. "Not because of the Mark Foley scandal or Middle East policy. But because the Republican Party wants to stop me from what I love to do: play poker over the Internet."

Sponsored in the House by Reps. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and backed in the Senate by Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., the law pits social conservatives who disapprove of gambling against the 8.5 million Americans who spend about $6 billion annually to cast wagers online.<snip>

MUCH MORE at link:

http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2006/11/03/512881.html

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1. I hope it does explode in their faces. I just found out

that as a result of this bill, my wife's business will immediately lose about $300-500/month in revenue. This took us completely by surprise, as the business has only a remote, tangential connection to anything that can be construed as internet gambling.