Hopefully, they're right and the NRA has been dealt a blow. Hopefully they'll learn from it.
Actually, while I agree with you, I think I disagree with the article.
I do think the NRA still has the same reach it always had, but other things helped negate that reach this election.
Really low presidential approval ratings for a Republican president; an economy in shambles, and a public that was tired of the divisive attacks from Republican mouthpiece orginizations, of which the NRA is a de-facto one.
In my eyes, people had other things they were worried about. The economy, environmental policy, energy independence, war in Iraq, and that vague, hazy "change" seemed to be what people really cared about.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that its not that the NRA isn't a force to be reckoned with, it's just that other problems have eclipsed the pro or anti gun issues in this election.
I do hope that the NRA changes its game now; and abandons the Newt Gengrich style of in-your-face divisiveness; and tries to win over more liberals, and undecideds. That's the only way we'll ever win is to get more gun owners.