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Senate Democrats pulling ads in Louisiana
Yahoo News ^ | Novermber 6, 2014

Posted on 11/06/2014 2:10:45 PM PST by Din Maker

Senate Democrats' campaign committee on Thursday began canceling plans for television ads in Louisiana's major markets to help Sen. Mary Landrieu's runoff campaign against Republican Bill Cassidy, making her re-election bid an even steeper challenge.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee initially had reserved $1.8 million in television advertising for after Tuesday's first round of voting. On Thursday, the DSCC dumped the bookings in the state's big cities. A spokesman for the debt-laden committee said officials still back Landrieu, who has twice before prevailed during runoff elections, and would keep an eye on the race.

"Mary Landrieu is a proven runoff winner and we support her 100 percent," DSCC spokesman Justin Barasky said. "We are going to make ongoing determinations on how best to invest in the race."

Tuesday's midterm elections swept Republicans into a Senate majority for the first time since 2006. That takes away Landrieu's chairmanship of the vaunted energy committee and undermines her main argument for re-election — clout — as she and Cassidy head into a new round of campaigning ahead of the Dec. 6 runoff.

Landrieu pitched herself to constituents as a powerful force on Capitol Hill and an ally to Louisiana's energy workers. Oil and gas producers helped fund her campaign. And she was seen as playing a crucial role in Democrats' strategy to retain the majority.

Those sources of support seemed ready to dry up as Landrieu campaigned in a runoff, which was required because no candidate got 50 percent of the vote in Tuesday's elections.

"She has no juice on Capitol Hill now," National Republican Senatorial Committee communications adviser Kevin McLaughlin said Thursday. "She's now a rank-and-file member."

The two candidates launched their runoff campaigns Wednesday, with Landrieu continuing on a sort of Cassidy-bashing tour of the state on Thursday.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 5ththread; billcassidy; kevinmclaughlin; landrieu; louisiana; marylandrieu; robmaness; sarahpalin
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To: CaptainMorgantown

Most people, Rs and even Ds think his lead is insurmountable.


21 posted on 11/06/2014 3:16:19 PM PST by traderrob6
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22 posted on 11/06/2014 3:18:47 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: EDINVA

Its Fairfax County - its Deep Blue and that’s why Virginia is no longer a Red State.

Without it, Gillespie would have won comfortably.


23 posted on 11/06/2014 3:20:55 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: TontoKowalski

There had been some talk about “recalibrating” votes in VA’s Tidewater area, similar to what happened in Chicago. But I’m not familiar with the voting process in that part of the state. It is interesting that Gillespie is holding out, since George Allen conceded with only a 6K vote difference. SO I do think that Gillespie and the RPV may be contemplating the fraud issue.

I live in Fairfax and work as an elections officer. Our county reverted to all paper ballots. They invested umpteen million $ on new scanners that count all the ballots and print out reports at closing, where the # of ballots has to line up with voters who checked in and were given a ballot.

ALL the ballots are collected and stored in a security sealed box against a possible recount. So every single ballot cast in our county is accessible. I can’t speak to the eligibility of those casting the ballots; however with a new photo ID law, they had to have been registered.


24 posted on 11/06/2014 3:22:56 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: goldstategop

Not just Fairfax County, but Arlington and Alexandria and Norfolk. Like every other state, it’s the populous areas that are blue.

But the question now isn’t WHERE Warner held the advantage, but why Gillespie isn’t conceding with as significant a difference as there appears to be.


25 posted on 11/06/2014 3:25:45 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: justiceseeker93

Thanks for the insight on Alaska.


26 posted on 11/06/2014 3:39:56 PM PST by CaptainMorgantown
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To: Din Maker
LSU will not be in that game (and the time of the game is TBD).

I'd like to believe those wonderful Cajun Corn-doggers will cast an early morning vote, or a pre-election vote if possible.

I use the term Corn-doggers with absolute affection. I like LSU fans.

27 posted on 11/06/2014 3:43:53 PM PST by Scoutmaster (Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational)
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To: Rusty0604

Has she put her mansion in D.C. up for sale yet?

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Don’t for her husband has a very lucrative Real Estate business in DC. If she
is no longer senator then lobbying becomes a very possible position for her, oil/gas.


28 posted on 11/06/2014 3:48:43 PM PST by deport
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To: Din Maker

http://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/PublishedDocuments/ElectionsCalendar2014NoOrleans.pdf

2014 ELECTIONS
Election Schedule for All Parishes Except Orleans Parish

Date of Election
December 6

Type of Election
Open General/ Congressional

Last Day to Register to Vote
11/5/2014

Deadline to Request a
Mail Ballot from Registrar
(other than Military and Overseas)
12/2/2014

Deadline for Registrar to Receive Voted Mail Ballot
(other than Military and Overseas)
12/5/2014

Early Voting Begins
11/22/2014

Early Voting Ends
11/29/2014


29 posted on 11/06/2014 3:50:24 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: deport

Voter registration ended Wednesday Nov. 5 for the Dec. 6 runoff.
Early voting runs Nov. 22 - 29 with no voting on Sunday, Nov. 23.


30 posted on 11/06/2014 3:55:28 PM PST by deport
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To: Rusty0604

Has she put her mansion in D.C. up for sale yet?


No need, she’ll become a lobbyist for the oil industry...


31 posted on 11/06/2014 4:14:58 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: Hotlanta Mike
No need, she’ll become a lobbyist for the oil industry...

Doesn't that mean she'll have to be nice to Republicans? Oh, wait, she won't have to talk to them.

32 posted on 11/06/2014 4:16:03 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Don Corleone

I guess the Democrats pulled their ad for Mary Landfill that compared her to Viagara, saying that “Both will rise to the occasion”.


33 posted on 11/06/2014 4:19:39 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: justiceseeker93; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...

They probably plan to spend the money on fortified villas with illegal alien armed guards.


34 posted on 11/06/2014 4:20:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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And now, from the sawed off limb desk: Sarah Palin Draws a Line in the Swamp: Col. Rob Maness Must Win Senate Race ... (La)
35 posted on 11/06/2014 4:22:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SunkenCiv

And now, from the sawed off limb desk:

***************

An now if they’ll get onboard the Cassidy express they can put Mary into the
lobbying profession .


36 posted on 11/06/2014 4:35:19 PM PST by deport
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To: Din Maker

The Bolshecrat Party, who have no qualms to spend other people’s money, don’t want to waste their own on Little Mary Traitor.


37 posted on 11/06/2014 4:36:30 PM PST by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: justiceseeker93

Maybe they don’t think she will win, so don’t want to waste their $$.


38 posted on 11/06/2014 7:15:08 PM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Sun

Or suggestions from high-rolling Dem donors who don’t like the way she ran away from Zero.


39 posted on 11/06/2014 7:25:49 PM PST by firebrand
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To: firebrand

Yup, sometimes evil fights evil.


40 posted on 11/06/2014 7:46:18 PM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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