A Chicagoland special House election to replace disgraced former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has suddenly become Ground Zero of the national gun control debate, courtesy of anti-gun crusader Mike Bloomberg. The billionaire New York City mayor’s super PAC is poised to dump at least $2 million into the race, sources told POLITICO — a staggering sum for a single House race that’s meant to thwart a National Rifle Association-aligned Democrat who was cruising along as the frontrunner until a barrage of Bloomberg-financed attack ads hit the airwaves.If the Koch brothers did this: we'd hear from the MSM about the need for campaign finance reform. But, when strongman Mike Bloomberg does this it's for "the public interest".
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Bloomberg takes gun fight to Chicago
Politico reports: