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House Roll Call: How they voted on Dream Act

The 216-198 roll call Wednesday by which the House passed the so-called Dream Act to give hundreds of thousands of foreign-born youngsters brought to the U.S. illegally a shot at legal status. A “yes” vote is a vote to pass... (Continue reading)

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Lessons To Be Learned From Melancon’s Senate Bid Failure

Based on the results of November 2nd, there is probably little that can be said as to what the soon to be ex-Congressman from the 3rd congressional district could have done to defeat incumbent Republican Senator David Vitter. With a... (Continue reading)

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2010 Midterm results: Part 4 – Louisiana Senate race

The seemingly eternal Senate race that started in the summer of 2009 between David Vitter and Charlie Melancon has finally ended, and the verdict of the voters was clear: anything that smacked of President Obama and/or his Democratic policies was... (Continue reading)

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2010 Midterm results: Part 3 – Louisiana Congressional races

In the previous two articles in the series, we looked at the Senate and Governor’s races across the nation. We would like to shift gears in this article to focus on the Louisiana Congressional races.... (Continue reading)

An Interesting Exit Poll Tidbit

Turns out that despite an all-out effort to trash Sen. David Vitter among Louisiana’s women, Charlie Melancon got his butt kicked in a major way with the majority of them. Remember this? “Any woman that knows anything about David Vitter’s... (Continue reading)

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This Isn’t How You Do A Concession Speech…

Not classy.... (Continue reading)

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Louisiana’s Election Night Winners And Losers

Most of these are obvious, but some might not be… WINNERS 1. David Vitter. Three years ago this guy was political dead meat. Tonight, he’s one of the strongest Republicans in the Senate. Vitter’s 57-38 blowout of Charlie Melancon tells... (Continue reading)

WWL’s Vitter-Melancon Debate, In Video

Unlike last night’s six-ring circus, this was a head-to-head debate. Watch it and decide for yourself who won. We have our own opinions on the question. Four parts follow…... (Continue reading)

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WDSU’s Senate Debate: Video Links

We can’t embed it, but tonight’s U.S. Senate debate between six of the 12 candidates in the race, including David Vitter and Charlie Melancon, can be found at the following links: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part... (Continue reading)

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Open Thread: Melancon Gone Wild!

This deserves a much longer post, but since we’ve got a lot going on and perhaps not enough time to give it the attention it deserves, we’ll let our readers take a crack at it. Of course, the subject at... (Continue reading)

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