Gabby Giffords struggling to make guns a midterm issue

She has delivered the same 64-word speech eight times already, but Gabby Giffords is struggling to get through the ninth.

“Together, we can win elections,” the former Arizona congresswoman tells her Seattle audience before starting to stumble.

After a moment of confused silence, an aide whispers the next line, and Giffords continues the broken sentence: “… change our laws.”

Four years after she was shot in the head and went on to inspire millions with her recovery, Giffords is as committed as ever to pushing for tighter gun-control laws. But...