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Hayride Exclusive: Vitter Elaborates On Dropping Support Of The PIPA/SOPA Legislation And How He Feels About The Republican Presidential Field.
I spoke to Sen. David Vitter today about why he ever supported the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)—the House version of the bill—and what... (Continue reading)
Industry Statistics Compiled on Anniversary of BP Oil Spill Highlight the Importance of Sen. Vitter’s Challenge to Obama Administration
Written on 23 Apr, 2011 at 8:23 By: Christopher Gary in Barack Obama, David Vitter, Energy, Featured, Gulf Oil Spill, Obamoratorium
Here on the one-year anniversary of the British Petroleum oil well explosion, the Institute for Energy Research (IER) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) have pulled together a few key statistics that call out for a major overhaul of U.S.... (Continue reading)
Vitter Introduces Bill to Limit Birthright Citizenship
Written on 5 Apr, 2011 at 11:51 By: Christopher Gary in David Vitter, Featured, Immigration, Louisiana
Influx of ‘birth tourism’ from Asia prompts Vitter bill to reform statute (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sens. David Vitter (R-LA), Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) this week introduced legislation that amends the Immigration and Nationality... (Continue reading)
Louisiana legislative special elections – landslide night/tie in the Senate
Written on 23 Jan, 2011 at 0:19 By: JMC Enterprises of Louisiana in Cedric Richmond, David Vitter, Mitch Landrieu
Tonight, there were special elections in two legislative districts: a house race in New Orleans, and a senate race in Acadiana. Both races were settled tonight in landslides, as the victor in each case was elected with at least 60%... (Continue reading)
Terrible Numbers For Jindal In Latest Southern Media Poll
Bernie Pinsonat of Southern Media and Opinion Research is out with his fall approval numbers on Gov. Bobby Jindal, and it’s clear that Louisiana’s chief executive hasn’t done a good job bolstering his public support with his actions of late.... (Continue reading)
Vitter Doesn’t Share Landrieu’s Optimism On Offshore Drilling
Last week, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) lifted her two-month hold on the White House’s nomination of Office of Management and Budget director Jake Lew due to what she said were indications of a commitment by the Obama administration to... (Continue reading)
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)
2010 Midterm results: Part 4 – Louisiana Senate race
Written on 13 Nov, 2010 at 9:39 By: JMC Enterprises of Louisiana in 2010 Elections, Charlie Melancon, David Vitter, Democrats, Louisiana, Obamoratorium
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)
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)
Louisiana’s Election Night Winners And Losers
Written on 3 Nov, 2010 at 2:18 By: MacAoidh in Buddy Caldwell, Caroline Fayard, Cedric Richmond, Charles Boustany, Charlie Melancon, David Vitter, Elections, Jay Dardenne, Jeff Landry, John Fleming, Lieutenant Governor, Rodney Alexander, Steve Scalise
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)