Posted on 03/27/2008 9:56:44 AM PDT by LSUfan
After barely winning her initial Senate race in 1996 and surviving a serious challenge in 2002, Republican strategists targeted U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat in this fall’s election.
Unfortunately for Republicans defeating Landrieu will not be an easy task. Just look at what she has done in recent weeks in lining up endorsements from a most unusual group, Northshore Republicans.
While Landrieu is considered a staunch Democrat, her voting record is notably moderate. Several months ago, GOP St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis surprised many political observers by endorsing Landrieu. Davis cited his close working relationship with Landrieu after Katrina. Landrieu’s efforts to assist the recovery after Katrina were also highlighted by a number of other Northshore Republican leaders who endorsed Landrieu last week. Joining Davis in crossing the party aisle were Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster, Covington Mayor Candace Watkins, and St. Tammany Parish Assessor Patricia Schwartz Core.
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Funny, I rerely see any articles about Republicans gaining Democrat support...’cept for McQueeg.
Science Fiction Ping!
Disgusting.
All four should be publically cashiered from the GOP. But thanks to the rest of the traitors and turncoats now installed there-it will never happen.
Proving again that Republicans are their own worst enemy.
Yeah. Her rant during the ‘rat filibuster a few years ago was pretty moderate. Moderately nuts, I mean.
One thing this shows is that, when one party becomes dominant anywhere it tends to lose its identity.
That happened to the GOP in Washington when it controlled both houses of Congress and the White House.
In St. Tammany Parish, there is no Democrat party to speak of. I kind of wish there was, so assclowns like Kevin Davis would have a proper place to reside.
He won’t go any further though. His family is so eaten up with corruption (father in law in jail, wife a convicted felon) that he can’t run for anything that will shine a light on sleaze.
Pro’ly figures no matter what happens in the Presidential race, they’ll have to deal with a RAT Congress thus they are looking out for their parochial interests. For that matter, they’ll have a RAT POTUS one way or another.
COme on, you know how things work in your state. There was cash involved, for sure.
I’m a Northshore Republican. I’ve never voted for Mary Landrieu and I never will. I don’t know anyone who will. Kevin Davis can KMA.
Not just my state, pal. Not by a long shot.
Very sad news. lil Mary running with Obama was a great chance to win. Let’s hope the rank and file are smarter than the jackasses running the party.
Sen. David Vitter was unavailable for comment being that he was in the company of a prostitute.
To be expected when the Republican Party becomes the party of:
1) McLame moderates
2) RINO’s
3) A Party without any principles
The Louisiana Republican party is probably one of the worst state Republican parties I’ve ever seen. I don’t know how Bobby Jindahl made it, because it wasn’t any thanks to them. They allowed a joke like Aaron Broussard to get reelected by not running any serious candidates against him. And the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s election was another travesty. The guy that won won with 90% of the vote. The Republican running against him hardly put out any signs or did any serious advertising. He probably would have lost anyway, because the winner was the hand-picked successor of the deceased sheriff he was replacing, but to win by 90%? That’s a joke!
And unfortunately, St. Tammany, is becoming Jefferson Parish-North.
You know, this is about the only Senate seat the GOP has of picking up this fall and shooting ourselves in the foot like this isn’t helping.
He was the chosen heir of Harry Lee (D) and Lee was the best elected official in the entire state.
Good grief. Depends on how you measure that.
Look at the crime rates in Jefferson Parish compared to Orleans.
The Dems will pick up the David Vitter Seat in 2010.
I can’t believe this! But Louisiana is trending red and I really trust that she’ll lose.
She must have promised TONS of money for their PET PROJECTS!
That’s a matter of opinion. He was also a Democrat.
For some reason Harry Lee was able to keep the Jefferson Parish crime rate far below the crime rate in Orleans Parish.
If New Orleans is your benchmark, then Lee looks good. But he was also a yellow-dog democrat with ties to organized crime (Marcello) and firmly entrenched machine politics.
Mussolini made the trains run on time...
Very doubtful. Who are they going to run that will beat him? He has a long time to mend fences and voters have a short memory.
Well if Elliot Spitzer is not fit for office for his visits to a prostitute, I do not think the people will see that David Vitter is fit for office.
Anybody who is in leadership in the GOP and endorses the democrat should be forced to resign, because the whole point of the party is to support the party nominees, not the opposition.
Gee. I didn’t know Aaron “I Lie My Ass Off On National TV” Broussard and John “Edwin Edwards Crony” Alario were Republicans...
Harry Lee got too much credit for that. It doesn’t take much for Jefferson Parish to be far below that of New Orleans. The crime rate actually was going up the past few years in Jefferson Parish. Looting ran rampant in Jefferson Parish right after the hurricane, and Jefferson Parish deputies did nothing. It was only when the National Guard stepped in did it stop. The Westbank of JP had a higher crime rate than the Eastbank, where there there is a higher income base. It wasn’t because of Harry Lee, it was because the demographics are different than N.O.
Huh???? I’m supporting her???
And that will vanish right after the convention.
I knew that.. I was just kidding..
Probably so.
The management of the Northshore is amazing in how not to civil engineer anything. The civil planners in St. Tammany would put red lights on an expressway if we had one. So they need a lot oif cash to overcome their stupidity.
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