Is that the same Gallup that said 54% of America would vote Romney? 
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Pretty interesting given the news of the past few weeks:
Poll: 54 percent view NRA favorably
By: Bobby Cervantes
December 27, 2012 06:31 PM EST
More Americans have a favorable view of the National Rifle Association than unfavorable, according to a Gallup poll out Thursday that was conducted during the rollout of a new NRA proposal to have armed guard in every school.
According to the poll, 54 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the group, while 38 percent said they have an unfavorable opinion. Those numbers have fluctuated since Gallup first polled on the question in 1993, but the nation’s largest gun lobby has commanded a favorable opinion for most of that time — hitting a low of 42 percent in 1994 and a high of 60 percent in 2005.
Gallup said the poll, conducted Dec. 19-22, came the same time Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive vice president, publicly advocated for placing guards with guns at every school as a response to the Newtown, Conn., massacre. LaPierre first announced that proposal at a press conference on Dec. 21.
“The NRA’s positions on guns and gun control legislation have received significant attention from media and politicians during the last week,” the polling organization notes.
The sample included telephone calls with 1,038 adults and the poll has a margin of error of plus/minus 4 percentage points.
Poll: 54 percent view NRA favorably
By: Bobby Cervantes
December 27, 2012 06:31 PM EST
More Americans have a favorable view of the National Rifle Association than unfavorable, according to a Gallup poll out Thursday that was conducted during the rollout of a new NRA proposal to have armed guard in every school.
According to the poll, 54 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the group, while 38 percent said they have an unfavorable opinion. Those numbers have fluctuated since Gallup first polled on the question in 1993, but the nation’s largest gun lobby has commanded a favorable opinion for most of that time — hitting a low of 42 percent in 1994 and a high of 60 percent in 2005.
Gallup said the poll, conducted Dec. 19-22, came the same time Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive vice president, publicly advocated for placing guards with guns at every school as a response to the Newtown, Conn., massacre. LaPierre first announced that proposal at a press conference on Dec. 21.
“The NRA’s positions on guns and gun control legislation have received significant attention from media and politicians during the last week,” the polling organization notes.
The sample included telephone calls with 1,038 adults and the poll has a margin of error of plus/minus 4 percentage points.
"Support the NRA" means many different things to many different people, just as "support tighter gun control" does. Proof? Polls show a majority of America supports BOTH, even though the two are almost mutually exclusive.
The writing is on the wall though: If Frank Luntz cannot sell a GOP platform plank, it cannot be sold.