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Cassidy: “Landrieu Supports (Obama’s) Agenda 97% of the Time”
“Barack Obama’s agenda has been awful for the American Family… and Senator Landrieu supports that agenda 97% of the time,” Congressman Bill Cassidy (LA 06) told Lincoln Parish News Online (LPNO) in an interview earlier today in Ruston. That remark was in... (Continue reading)
A Distraction To Be Made Official In 11 Days
A report coming across the social-media wires this afternoon… ‘ Hardly a surprise, as we’ve been batting the prospect of Edwards running for Congress around for two months. This is what you get when the Louisiana Democrat Party completely runs... (Continue reading)
Craig McCulloch’s Congressional Announcement Video
This guy, who owns a physical therapy business in Baker and supposedly has enough money to self-fund a large part of his campaign, is one of the lesser-known candidates in the crowded 6th District race. McCulloch has never run for... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Garret Graves Could Be A Game-Changer In CD6
The entrance of Garrett Graves likely rounds out the field of competitive GOP candidates for the Sixth Congressional District contest, probably does the same for Democrats, alters the campaign tactics of some other candidates, and may introduce politics into the state’s process... (Continue reading)
NPR’s Story On Landrieu Trashes South Louisiana, Provides Teachable Moment
You might have seen the piece yesterday by Ailsa Chang of NPR on Mary Landrieu’s attempt to hold on to her Senate seat, but you probably haven’t seen the backstory behind it. First, an excerpt from the beginning of Chang’s... (Continue reading)
IT’S OFFICIAL: Garrett Graves Enters 6th District Race
We’ve warned this was coming, and analyzed it a little, but here’s the press release announced that the recently-resigned head of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s coastal restoration authority is now a candidate for Congress… GARRET GRAVES ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RACE... (Continue reading)
BREAKING: Landry Announces For Attorney General
We’ve known this was coming for a while, and thought it would happen last month – but former Congressman Jeff Landry finally announced he’s running against Buddy Caldwell for Louisiana Attorney General. The press release… Jeff Landry is announcing today... (Continue reading)
BAYHAM: Will Vitter Go From DC Mardi Gras Captain To Kingfish?
Every year in late January or early February, the culinary scene in our nation’s capital improves (if only for a few days) when the Washington Mardi Gras rolls into town. Though ostensibly a more political (yet ironically also egalitarian) New... (Continue reading)
(Updated) And Now, The Edwin-Edwards-For-Congress Media Hit
We broke the story about this six weeks ago, but we’ve been struggling to really take it seriously. Nevertheless, Edwin Edwards hasn’t made a shameless plea for attention yet this month and he was therefore overdue to have someone give... (Continue reading)
PPP Says Vitter’s Unbeatable And Jindal Is Screwed
UPDATE: The Dardenne camp has gone somewhat ballistic about the PPP poll, which is understandable. They’re primarily upset about this… David Vitter isn’t a Democrat. The gripe here is that the error identifying him as such means that the... (Continue reading)
(UPDATED) The 6th District Field Is Starting To Get Crowded
UPDATE: Allee Bautsch e-mailed us to say she in fact isn’t on Garret Graves’ team as a fundraiser, so that’s one the rumor mill didn’t have correctly. ORIGINAL: You already know that Paul Dietzel, Dan Claitor and Cassie Felder are... (Continue reading)
John Bel Edwards Might Be A Viable Candidate After All…
…or at least that’s the impression you might get if you look at the campaign finance report he filed yesterday. It’s not in the class of a David Vitter or Jay Dardenne, by any means. But you’d have to go... (Continue reading)
PPP Tries, But Still Can’t Save Landrieu
Earlier Tuesday, Public Policy Polling put out the results of a new poll they conducted on the Louisiana Senate race. The Democrat firm, whose results on the Senate campaign have been – surprise! – an outlier among other polls, headlined... (Continue reading)
The Louisiana Democrat Party Is Now Toxic To Mary Landrieu’s Re-Election Hopes
Over the weekend, the State Central Committee of the Louisiana Democrat Party had a meeting at which the primary issue to be decided was whether to support the efforts of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection District to sue every oil... (Continue reading)
Vitter Says He’s Racked Up $1.36 Million In 20 Days
An e-mail from Sen. David Vitter to his list this morning has a fairly large number attached to it… Exactly 20 days ago, I announced that I would run for Governor of Louisiana in 2015. I was very hopeful about... (Continue reading)
BAYHAM: Mitch’s Landslide, Part II
Back in October 2013, a UNO poll showed that New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu enjoyed a robust approval rating of 65%. On February 1st 2014, the voters backed the poll’s figures up, delivering for the mayor a 64% landslide victory... (Continue reading)
Is Garret Graves About To Jump Into The 6th District Race?
That’s the rumor running around political circles amid the news that Graves quit his job as head of Louisiana’s coastal restoration agency earlier today. The Baton Rouge Business Report offered a few particulars… Gov. Bobby Jindal announced late today that... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Mitch’s Big Win May Have Him Running For Governor Soon
The past pair of elections for New Orleans mayor set up intrigue, because in both instances then-Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu ran and a victory meant statewide ramifications upon his leaving that office. But in 2014 as mayor, his ability to... (Continue reading)
Rasmussen: Cassidy Is Now Beating Landrieu
Here’s a fresh piece of trouble for Mary Landrieu… Incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu runs slightly behind Republican challenger Bill Cassidy in Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the 2014 U.S. Senate race in Louisiana. A new statewide telephone survey of Likely... (Continue reading)
BAYHAM: The Contender
When young people run for office their first challenge is getting the media, donors and public to take them seriously and not as a curiosity. Baton Rouge entrepreneur and candidate to succeed Bill Cassidy in the 6th congressional district Paul... (Continue reading)
