Archive for 2008

From the Advocate: Vague comments over “helping” John McCain with a New York Times story contrasts with his avoidance of the Louisiana press corp as Governor Jindal tries to remain one step ahead of his VP ambitions.

From the Advocate and the Times-Picyune: Last minute changes to the standard of proof have turned Jindal’s ethics Gold Standard into a Gold Plated Standard.

Gerard Shields points out the inconsistencies thrown up by the NRSC’s 2004 opposition research document and Kennedy’s newly minted Republican status. He then comes to this damning conclusion:

But the Bush administration didn’t recruit Kennedy because of his policies, they were just looking for a body to throw up against Landrieu.

From the Washington Post: Facing the prospect of a disastrous trend heading into the fall, the cash strapped National Republican Congressional Committee is putting everything it’s got behind beating Don Cazayoux in Louisiana’s sixth congressional district. Whether they will be successful is another thing entirely.

Credit to Jonathan Martin over at the Politico for posting this great photo of McCain celebrating his birthday with President Bush on the day Katrina made landfall, August 29, 2005.

From the Daily Advertiser: Saying that McCain is not going to ask him to be VP does nothing to clarify what Jindal would say if he did.

Under both federal and Louisiana state law, prosecutors are given wide ranging immunity for their actions. Louisiana in particular has been a domicile for some of the most troubling examples of blatant prosecutor misconduct. Up until now, there was little recourse for an aggrieved defendant. But all that might change in the coming weeks as the US Supreme Court considers the ramifications of a prosecutor who goes too far. Read more

From Bloomberg News

From Human Events: Says GOP has “no good senate pick-up opportunties” moves the Louisiana race into the likely Democratic column.

From the Times-Picayune: