The first question, for the seven Republican candidates participating in the Louisiana Strong candidate forum Thursday night, was this: ” It’s safe to say the biggest fear the folks in this room have about this race is that somehow Edwin Edwards might end up winning it. That said, how are you going to beat Edwards and save our sanity?”

The responses by Garret Graves, Craig McCulloch, Dan Claitor, Norman Clark, Trey Thomas, Paul Dietzel and Bob Bell…

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