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There. nobody thought both were going to lose. they both lost. what happened out there this we week? i ask correct you about. that when you look at what happened in election, very often the best judges and analysts are those who are involved. if you talk to senators morse they will tell you you can't ban high magazines with a major manufacturer done the road without people being angry about that. but the background bill had overwhelming support. the reason they stumbled over one being so active in colorado is if you happen to be a democrat. this was your dream session. these senators have to s...

The gun culture. they wanted to get four members recalled. they were only able to get two. the turnout was extremely low. they -- the nra and the other forces that were trying to recall the members used other issues like health care and taxes. they didn't even make it an issue as much about guns. and, in fact, the trend, martin -- the good news is, the trend is going exactly in the opposite direction. these are anomalous outlier districts. if you look at what's happening, for example, with red state senatorses, red state democrats it that voted for the universal background bill in the senate, ...

And your colleague wrote exhaustively about this about how many republicans were in favor of addressing the issue. is there anything out there at all? >> this will bring back some of the bills we saw go down in flames this spring after newtown. and the one that jumps to my mind is the joe manchin and pat toomey background bill that was lost. i spent time in west virginia with joe manchin, his home state where he was taking a lot of heat for the background check bill. it had several mental illness provisions in it. one of which, you could not get a gun if you were deemed to be mentally ill. and...

It didn't really matter in our republic. what matters on capitol hill is intensity and longevity of an issue. and the pro-gun people won the fight. what do you think -- kristen, do you think the president is going to have to deal with this today? >> i think he certainly could get a question about this today, chris. specifically, in the context of what his second round is going to look like. remember, when he spoke out after the background check was voted down in the senate, he said, this is just round one. well, i have been talking to advisers behind the scenes and i have asked them what does ...

The help that would deal with kind of underlying emotional problem making them so dangerous. >> that is extraordinary important and why we need to talk about mental health challenges more. in new york state, you have gun owners that have mistakenly had their guns seized from them because of mental health problems. we are seeing a real problem with that and that is something that this legislation has to spell out. ed rendell, over the weekend, backers of this legislation picked up support from gun rights groups, citizens committee for the right to keep and bear arms. also richard feldman presid...