Did GOP Overplay Hand on Gambling Bill?
The rather unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which American President George Bush signed. Later on, this was turned into a law, which in turn created much fuss among several people.
Many voters are absolutely livid with this decision by George Bush because they enjoy and experience betting on sports and playing poker.
This means that a Republican-sponsored effort to press out the internet gambling might not be a good bet for the GOP; however, other presume that there is a fair bit of threat to Republicans from the law, calling it a fairly new and little issue to many voters.
In fact, Brian Darling of Heritage Foundation of Washington think tank, said "I don't believe a large volume of voters are motivated to go to the polls because of Internet gaming, either way."
"Internet gambling is not a subject touched upon in the Old or New Testament or the Quran," Leach said earlier this year. "But the pastoral function is one of dealing with families in difficulty and religious leaders of all denominations and faiths are seeing gambling problems erode family values."
“Republican Alan Sheldon (61) of Loveland told "I've talked with Republicans all over the country, and they all understand that this is a theft of our liberty."
Sheldon who describes himself as a conservative Christian said, he would not vote Republican next week because of the new gambling law. He further revealed that it was his grandmother, who first taught him how to play poker, and that was when he was 4 yrs old.
On the other hand, David Boaz of the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington said, "I suspect that people who actually do a lot of Internet gambling ... they're going to be turned off by this and that's going to hurt Republicans.” He further said that the law would likely alienate self-described libertarian voters, which he estimates constitute about 13 percent of the electorate.
Carrie Meadows, a spokeswoman for Goodlatte felt that "National security, the economy and such issues are likely to be the most pressing issues in voters' minds next Tuesday."
The Poker Players Alliance in Washington said, it has been flooded with angry e-mails from libertarian organizations and Republicans disavowing the law. And the group is letting its members know how their representatives voted.
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