The Times Picayune reports that State Representative and candidate for Louisiana’s second congressional district Cedric Richmond invited local physician S. Mark McKenna to the White House Monday for a healthcare reform event in the Rose Garden.
Amid growing rumors that State Treasurer Lyndon LaRouche John Neely Kennedy will challenge jet-setting Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in 2011( see here, and here), yesterday, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported that Kennedy will be hitting the road this week, speaking before the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday and at a Healthcare Breakfast this Wednesday. Full details after the jump.
In the latest example of lame duck Congressman Joseph Cao’s visionary display of leadership, he tells Kathleen Wells in an interview with the Huffington Post, that he is for a public option, but only if it works. If it doesn’t work, he is against it. This is a risky move for Cao because voters generally favor candidates who support things that don’t work. Developing…
No, this is not a joke, he’s back. Maybe. In a column for Bayou Buzz, political analyst and Republican Party of Louisiana insider Jeff Crouere speculates that State Treasurer John Kennedy might run against jet-setting Governor Bobby Jindal in 2011 if Jindal’s numbers are weak. For those unfamiliar with any of Treasurer Kennedy’s (many) previous runs for office, and honest to god, who can keep track of them all, here is an ad from his most recent campaign for United States Senate.
According to an article on Politico’s gossip site Click, former Newt Gingrich aide and current Communications Director for lame duck Congressman Joseph Cao Princella Smith is a “media hound and shameless attention getter.” Politico provides examples of the bizzare communications strategy of a Congressional staffer promoting herself over her boss:
“Her personal website, princellasmith.com, suggests she has no shortage of confidence: Not only can readers follow her blog, but there’s a photo and video gallery, plus a form for anyone wishing to book her as a speaker.”
Her poses for the camera certainly seem to confirm this. What are the odds that she pitched this profile to Politico?
A “Democratic operative” tells the Southern Political Report that State Representative Cedric Richmond is the strongest candidate to take on lame duck Congressman Joseph Cao.
Roll Call(subscription only) reports that State Representative and candidate for Congress Cedric Richmond says he will raise $100,000 by the end of the third quarter this week.
While enough has probably been said about jet-setting Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s nationally mocked response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean caused us to bring up Bobby’s speech one more time in his appearance on Meet the Press this morning. More after the jump.
WWL TV reports that State Representative Cedric Richmond announced today that he will run for Louisiana’s Second Congressional District next November.
According to Richmond, Congressman Cao’s “vote against President Obama’s Economic Recovery Act and his refusal to take the President’s phone call during debate over the bill” are ”further examples of Cao’s ineffectiveness and lack of respect for his constituents”
