Two questions

1.  Yesterday the Morning Call reported the results of a Quinnipiac poll in which a majority of men gave Corbett a positive rating and 37 percent of women approved of his performance.  These results are up from the June poll.  Now the aggregate approval rating is 44%; then it was 39%.  The question is:  Why?  

Ok, he got a dog.  That might be worth a percentage point.  What else did he do to merit an increase in approval?  Did he provide jobs, tax Marcellus shale gas, improve the environment, help the schools, make government more open and efficient, reduce crime, provide hope?  So the question remains:  Why?

2.   The New York Times reported today that the National Rifle Association has filed suit to prevent a law from going into effect that would require gun dealers along the border with Mexico to report bulk sales of semiautomatic rifles of the type used by Mexican drug gangs.  The N.R.A. is supporting Mexican drug gangs.  The question is:  Is the N.R.A. getting a kickback from the narco criminal cartels?

There may be other explanations.  The N.R.A. may be run by fanatics.  The N.R.A. may be run by people who haven’t heard about the drug violence in Mexico.  The N.R.A. may be getting large contributions from gun dealers along the border. Personally, I think it is getting a kickback.