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Vitter Jumps On Melancon-Tea Party Debate Screwup

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by macaoidh

We could have predicted this in our sleep, but when Democrat Senate candidate Charlie Melancon made the mistake of calling for five debates with incumbent Republican David Vitter but refusing to take part in any sponsored by Tea Party groups he opened up a can of worms Vitter has now happily poured all over him. [...]

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2010 Elections, 9/1 edition – House/Senate/Governors polls

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by JMC Enterprises

2010 Election Predictions – How we rank individual races As the Labor Day weekend approaches, primary season is in the “home stretch” now– the eight remaining Congressional primaries will conclude by September 18 (Louisiana’s “everything else” primary will be on Saturday, October 2). For the past several months, we based our calls on individual races [...]

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Rasmussen: Vitter Commands Massive Lead On Melancon

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by macaoidh

A Rasmussen Reports poll done two days ago has Sen. David Vitter sitting atop a burgeoning 54-33 lead over Democrat challenger Charlie Melancon in the coming election for the former’s U.S. Senate seat. Rasmussen’s poll surveyed 500 likely voters on Aug. 30.

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Melancon Refuses To Participate In Tea Party Debates

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by macaoidh

In the Times-Picayune today is an article on the Melancon campaign’s call for five televised debates with incumbent Republican David Vitter in advance of the Nov. 2 general election for the Senate seat Vitter currently holds. But Melancon offers a curious quote toward the end of the article.

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Obama’s Xavier Speech, Deconstructed

Posted on August 30th, 2010 by macaoidh

Over the weekend, the President gave a speech at Xavier University in New Orleans to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Crescent City. While we at the Hayride have intentionally attempted to leave Katrina alone as much as possible, because we think (1) it’s been beaten to death already and (2) South [...]

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Louisiana Primary Results – what do they mean for November ?

Posted on August 29th, 2010 by JMC Enterprises

When we discussed the election results, we briefly examined the vote that David Vitter and Charlie Melancon received overall and in each parish. There are a couple more things we wanted to mention regarding Vitter and Melancon’s performance:

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Examples Of Flat-Out Terrible Punditry In Vitter/Traylor Contest

Posted on August 29th, 2010 by Walter Abbott

Six weeks ago the ink was flowing about what a serious challenge retired State Supreme Court Justice Chet Traylor would be to incumbent U. S. Senator David Vitter. This morning the political pundits awoke from their wet dream to the reality that Vitter won the GOP primary with 88% of the vote. Some of the [...]

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Louisiana/West Virginia Congressional Primary results

Posted on August 29th, 2010 by JMC Enterprises

Last night, both Louisiana and West Virginia conducted their Congressional primaries. Though the Louisiana Congressional primary was a very low turnout affair (7% overall turnout, with 13% on the GOP side and 5% on the Democratic/Independent side), there are several items which are worth mentioning:

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‘Twas the night before Election Day (in Louisiana)

Posted on August 27th, 2010 by JMC Enterprises

Tomorrow is Election Day in Louisiana. On the ballot will be the party primaries for its Congressional races. All forms of early and absentee voting have concluded. We kept track of the early voting numbers (with special thanks to the Secretary of State’s office), and what we noticed so far was as follows:

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Chet Traylor’s Pre-Concession Speech

Posted on August 26th, 2010 by macaoidh

The quirky train wreck which has been Chet Traylor’s bid to upset David Vitter in Louisiana’s GOP Senate primary appears to be settling into a smoking hulk. Proof of that comes in a piece by Sam Hanna of the Ouachita Citizen, who has been Traylor’s leading cheerleader among Louisiana media types, today. Hanna delivers a [...]

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