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    • Help Save Taz!: Bumped to the top (posted 3/14/2010)Call for help!This is Taz. Taz belongs to my next door neighbor...
    • Melancon promotes unrealistic campaign template: How badly Gannett News Service wants Democrat Rep. Charlie Melancon to wrest incumbent Republican Se...
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    • 2010 elections, March 13 edition: Scorecard                 Latest News – Filing Deadlines This past week, candidate filing...

2010 Elections, March 13 Edition

Posted on March 13th, 2010 by JMC Enterprises

Scorecard
 

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Charlie Melancon, David Vitter | 17551 Comment »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/2010-elections-march-13-edition/2010+Elections%2C+March+13+Edition2010-03-13+15%3A19%3A07JMC+Enterprises

The James Carville Melancon Strategy Begins To Take Shape

Posted on March 12th, 2010 by macaoidh

Earlier this week the Times-Picayune’s James Gill, in a column panning Charlie Melancon’s campaign to date as a threat to the viability of politics as Louisiana’s state pastime, asked whether we will soon see the handiwork of Democrat strategic guru and New Orleans resident James Carville as Melancon’s side attempts to climb out of a [...]

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Charlie Melancon, Congress, Conservatism, David Vitter, Elections, James Carville, Mary Landrieu, Polls | 17331 Comment »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/the-james-carville-melancon-strategy-begins-to-take-shape/The+James+Carville+Melancon+Strategy+Begins+To+Take+Shape2010-03-12+20%3A42%3A21macaoidh

Vitter Delivers Bombshell Letter To Obama On NOAA/Fishing Issue

Posted on March 10th, 2010 by macaoidh

The following is a copy of a letter sent by U.S. Sen. David Vitter to President Obama today…
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Cc: NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco
Dear Mr. President and Administrator Lubchenco:
I write to express sincere opposition regarding the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine [...]

Filed under: Barack Obama, David Vitter, Economy, Environment, The Left | 16717 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/vitter-delivers-bombshell-letter-to-obama-on-noaafishing-issue/Vitter+Delivers+Bombshell+Letter+To+Obama+On+NOAA%2FFishing+Issue2010-03-10+20%3A38%3A19macaoidh

Melancon Trying To Score Points On Technicalities

Posted on March 10th, 2010 by macaoidh

Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon took a shot at tripping up his opponent in the upcoming U.S. Senate race, David Vitter.
If Melancon thought he was bringing out the big gun to knock down Vitter’s 24-point lead in the polls, though, what he ended up using looked more like a pea shooter.

Filed under: Charlie Melancon, David Vitter, Elections | 1663No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/melancon-trying-to-score-points-on-technicalities/Melancon+Trying+To+Score+Points+On+Technicalities2010-03-10+16%3A02%3A37macaoidh

Fleming Gets “Defender Of Liberty” Honor From ACU

Posted on March 9th, 2010 by macaoidh

from a release by U.S. Rep. John Fleming (R-Minden)…
Representative John Fleming, M.D. announced today that he has received a perfect rating and has been named a Defender of Liberty in the American Conservative Union’s annual 2009 Congressional Ratings. Fleming topped the Louisiana Congressional Delegation with a score of 100%. The ratings are based on a [...]

Filed under: Bill Cassidy, Charles Boustany, Charlie Melancon, Conservatism, David Vitter, John Fleming, Mary Landrieu, Rodney Alexander, Steve Scalise | 1641No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/fleming-gets-defender-of-liberty-honor-from-acu/Fleming+Gets+%22Defender+Of+Liberty%22+Honor+From+ACU2010-03-09+06%3A15%3A13macaoidh

Cap and Trade by any other name…

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Michael Youngblood

… still stinks.                                      (Hat tip – National Review Online)
 
Cap and trade is dead.  The legislation to regulate and curb “greenhouse gas” emissions, primarily CO2, has lost its fervor since the science of anthropogenic global warming, the legislation’s foundation, has lost its credibility.  But Sen. Lindsey Graham (r-SC), along with Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Liebermann [...]

Filed under: David Vitter, Economics, Energy, Environment, Obamacare | 16036 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/cap-and-trade-by-any-other-name%e2%80%a6/Cap+and+Trade+by+any+other+name%E2%80%A62010-03-05+05%3A06%3A16Michael+Youngblood

Charlie Melancon And The House Budget Committee

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by macaoidh

In an interesting bit of news today, Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-Napoleonville) has resigned his position on the House Budget Committee. What’s unclear is whether Melancon is making this move voluntarily or whether he’s being punished for voting against Obamacare.
According to Melancon, it’s his call. His people told TheHill.com that it’s really about his commitment to [...]

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Budget, Charlie Melancon, Congress, David Vitter, Energy, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare | 15901 Comment »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/charlie-melancon-and-the-house-budget-committee/Charlie+Melancon+And+The+House+Budget+Committee2010-03-04+23%3A01%3A44macaoidh

Vitter: Obama Shows True Colors On Health Care Reconciliation

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Sen. David Vitter

U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) issued the following statement after President Barack Obama announced today that he favors using the reconciliation procedure to pass his healthcare “reforms”…
“Well, the president talked a great deal about bipartisanship during the health care summit last week, but it’s now clear that was just to distract attention away from [...]

Filed under: Barack Obama, David Vitter, Obamacare | 15762 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/vitter-obama-shows-true-colors-on-health-care-reconciliation/Vitter%3A+Obama+Shows+True+Colors+On+Health+Care+Reconciliation2010-03-03+20%3A05%3A04Sen.+David+Vitter

Melancon To Obama: “I Told You So.”

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by macaoidh

Democrat Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Charlie Melancon, roaming the state in a “listening tour” as he attempts to overcome a 24-point deficit to Republican incumbent David Vitter, told the Baton Rouge Advocate yesterday that the president and his party’s leadership has things all wrong on health care.
Melancon, who voted against the first version of [...]

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Charlie Melancon, David Vitter, Elections, Obamacare | 1559No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/melancon-to-obama-i-told-you-so/Melancon+To+Obama%3A+%22I+Told+You+So.%222010-03-02+15%3A12%3A01macaoidh

New Allies in the Natural Gas War

Posted on March 1st, 2010 by Michael Youngblood

America needs to capitalize on her abundance of natural gas.  That subject has been examined numerous times at this site and elsewhere.  It can heat our homes, power our industries, generate our electricity, and fuel our vehicles.  It can create jobs that fuel our economy, and it can completely change the world’s political climate.
 
We import [...]

Filed under: Bill Cassidy, David Vitter, Economics, Energy, Environment, Harry Reid, Haynesville Shale, John Fleming, North Louisiana | 15578 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/new-allies-in-the-natural-gas-war/New+Allies+in+the+Natural+Gas+War2010-03-02+04%3A01%3A26Michael+Youngblood

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