Official SUV’s ring up gas bills
From the Advocate: Taxpayers foot the bill for state officers to fill up Yukons and Expeditions.
Congress
DuBos: Landrieu shrewedly defines Kennedy first
From We Could Be Famous (second comment): Mary Landrieu is getting the jump on defining John Kennedy as a “flip-flopping liberal.”
Kennedy confusion continues
From the Alexandria Town Talk: State Treasurer John Kennedy’s address to a Republican meeting in Baton Rouge gets confusing as supporters don stickers promoting Kennedy as a Democrat.
LA-01: Harlan Launches New Ad - “Independent Man”
If it wasn’t clear after he lent his campaign $500k, local Democratic businessman Jim Harlan is committed to unseating newly elected Republican Rep. Steve Scalise. He’s already up with his second TV ad and a brand new website.
As Daily Kingfish points out, Harlan also doesn’t have vendors clamoring at his door to repay past campaign debt. I’d be interested to know who those vendors are? How much longer can Scalise leave those debts unpaid?
New website highlights Kennedy’s “confusion”
Landrieu campaign launches new website highlighting John Kennedy’s record of office shopping and flip flopping.
Landrieu hits Kennedy for office shopping, flip-flopping
From Associated Press: Landrieu takes to airwaves to highlight Kennedy’s record of party switching and flip-flopping on issues.
Carmouche leads all GOP challengers in CD 4
A poll conducted by the Kitchens Group from July 16-21 of 600 likely voters in the Fourth Congressional District shows Democrat Paul Carmouche with a commanding lead to replace retiring Congressman Jim McCrey. Carmouche leads all three Republican hopefuls by double digits. Meanwhile, the poll shows US Senator Mary Landrieu with a solid lead in the district over her potential challenger state treasurer John Kennedy. Full polling memo after the jump. Read more
