Tomorrow Rudy and Thompson will address the NRA gathering in
person and Romney by videotape. For Rudy, I think this is analagous
to Hillary at the Daily Kos gathering: the goal is to prevent them
from hating you, earn some respect for showing up(why would Romney
miss this?) and show some deference to their views. I suspect Rudy
will express his agreement with the DC Circuit ruling in the Parker
case striking down the DC gun ban and talk about NY solutions not
working elsewhere. Thompson surely has a "in" with the crowd as a
real NRA member(not just since he was running for President) and is
likely to get a very warm reception.