Posted on 11/20/2003 5:42:31 AM PST by Theodore R.
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:00:45 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BATON ROUGE - With Louisiana Gov.-elect Kathleen Blanco on vacation, senators are battling behind the scenes to see who will emerge as president of the state Senate.
The short list of candidates includes senators from throughout the state - some of whom actively are campaigning, such as Francis Heitmeier, D-New Orleans, Don Hines, D-Bunkie, and Joe McPherson, D-Alexandria. Hines, who supported Blanco and gave her information about health care, is emerging as the most likely winner.
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Lawmakers seeking leadership posts have long learned that some of their "firm commitments" never materialize. Some of the legislators even lie to each other! There is an adage about a lawmaker seeking a leadership post who wondered why he lost because "all but two members said they were with me."
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