Archive for 2008

Officials say AIG woes won’t affect La. retirement plan

From the Advocate.

Storms blow Jindal higher

From the Advocate: Different storms and different times but Governor will benefit from the Katrina/Rita comparisons nonetheless.

Louisiana officials ask for insurance break

From the Advocate.

Poll: McCain up seven in Louisiana

From the American Research Group: After weeks of polls showing John McCain pulling away, latest poll has the presidential race tightening in Louisiana.

Cassidy uses hurricane as prop in latest ad

From the Daily Kingfish: What exactly is going on with sixth district GOP hopeful Bill Cassidy’s latest ad?

Maginnis: Hurricanes cause political power outages

From the Shreveport Times: Gustav’s pushes around election and football season.

Poll Shows Gorman and Fleming in dead heat

From the Dead Pelican: Chris Gorman campaign releases internal poll showing him virtually tied with fellow 4th district GOP challenger John Fleming in the race to replace Congressman Jim McCrery.

Two more DSS officials are ousted

From the Advertiser: A day after DSS Secretary resigns, agency’s deputy and undersecretary are ousted.

US Senate Race into the Mud

From Bayou Buzz: Republican Party of Louisiana poll released yesterday neglects to include numbers on the Landrieu/Kennedy match-up.

Congress takes up oil drilling measure

From the Independent: House measure to open drilling along the outer continental shelf and allow east coast states to opt in to drilling heads to the Senate without the revenue sharing provision included in the Senate version.