Senate Repubs voted NO on GUN CONTROL to keep the House of Reps from taking a vote which would get them out of office.

2014:  The senate Republicans will not lose a lot of seats, so they could safely vote NO on Gun Control.  In the House, half the seats are up for grabs and they would be vulnerable when 90% of the people want real gun law reform.  So the Senate voting NO means the House does not take a vote and the emotional level for their re-election goes down.  That is how politics work in DC.  Politics has little to do with what is best for the average person on the street.

Which is what I said last week, and in the weeks before.  Nate's  (Nate Silver) analysis is worth reading completely as his numbers show pretty convincingly that no Senate Republicans are going to suffer from this next year.  The real issue was sparing House Republicans from going on record against it, and the Senate GOP played it perfectly.

Look for them to do the same on immigration reform.

Count on it.

http://zandarvts.blogspot.com/2013/04/nates-numbers-on-gun-vote.html