Grace: Spitzer’s downfall looks sadly familiar
From the Times-Picayune:
So the upshot is that Spitzer will soon go, and Vitter will try to go on as if nothing had happened.
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Hanna: If Spitzer resigns, so should Vitter
Begging to differ with Governor Jindal, Conservative editorialist Sam Hanna of the Ouachita Citizen says what’s good for Spitzer is good for Vitter too.
Jindal: Vitter has already addressed this. . .
Leaving open questions as to whether he was involved in the call from RGA executive director Nick Ayers for NY Governor Elliot Spitzer to resign and sticking by Senator David Vitter, Governor Bobby Jindal decides it’s better for Louisiana to take a hit in the perception game than it is for him to give a comment of substance. From the Associated Press.
What About David?
As the heat comes down on New York Governor Eliot Spitzer over his involvement with a high priced prostitution ring, the Times-Picayune reports on the collateral heat Louisiana Senator David Vitter is getting as a result. Responding to a righteously indignant call from Nick Ayers Executive Director of the Republican Governor’s Association for Spitzer’s resignation yesterday, the Louisiana Democratic Party asked the simple question, “Does that go for David Vitter?” No word yet from Ayers or his boss Governor Bobby Jindal, one of the four executives of the RGA, who to date has managed to dodge the sticky situation.
More here from the Bayou Buzz on the Spitzer, Vitter and Jindal triangle, including the La. Dem Party release.
Blanco for Senate?
The Advocate reports that former Governor Kathleen Blanco is being approached to challenge emabattled U.S Senator David Vitter.
Calls Vitter, “an embarassment to the state.”
Fun at Washington Mardi Gras: Chris John Itching for a Rematch
Former Congressman Chris John, who lost to Sen. David Vitter in 2004, was apparently telling anyone at Washington Mardi Gras who would listen that a Vitter-John rematch is in the cards for 2010. Bruce Alpert and Bill Walsh seem suitably unimpressed with John’s challenge, focusing instead on Vitter’s problems with fellow Republicans.
Also: Woody Jenkins presses the flesh (with suitcases in tow); a timid Baker lurks outside a Mardi Gras party; and Jindal declines to dictate ethics to WMG Krewe.
