Confused politics for Louisiana Republicans in US Senate Race
From the Bayou Buzz:
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La 6: Cazayoux leads Cassidy by 16
From the DCCC: New poll just released shows incumbent Congressman Don Cazayoux with a commanding lead over challengers Bill Cassidy and Michael Jackson. Latest poll has Cazayoux with 46% of the vote, Cassidy at 29% and Jackson at 9%.
Meanwhile, From the Associated Press: Cazayoux, Cassidy and Jackson go face to face to face at a Press Club Forum in Baton Rouge.
GOP defections reaching “crisis point”
From United Press International: State GOP chairman Roger Villiere fears trend of GOP elected officials lining up behind incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu will send signal that party is not united.
State GOP may censure Republicans backing Landrieu in U.S. Senate race
From the Times-Picayune: State GOP tries to hold back the deluge of defections to Mary Landrieu.
Gill: Farm Bill gaffe has Kennedy looking “like an idiot”
From the Times-Picayune: Washington Republicans have once again descended on Louisiana with disastrous results.
Coburn takes aim at Louisiana
From the Advocate: Farmer relief is at the center of proxy fight as Senator Tom Coburn goes after Mary Landrieu on behalf of John Kennedy.
Landrieu Looks Strong as GOP attacks Republican defectors, Times-Picayune
From the Advocate: After initial predictions of vulnerability, Senator Mary Landrieu now finds herself in a commanding position against opponent State Treasurer John Kennedy.
Meanwhile, the Advocate reports that the state GOP is getting feisty over a flood of Republican endorsements for Landrieu as State GOP Chairman Roger Villiere laments the lack of national Republican money coming into the state.
And from the Bayou Buzz, Republican ire over Kennedy’s flagging fortunes has spilled over to the Times-Picayune.
Kennedy fundraising email highlights opposition to farm bill
In a fundraising email from last week, Kennedy praises Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn’s blockage of legislation to provide Louisiana farmers with relief from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike:
Conservative Senator Catches Mary Landrieu Playing Election-Year Politics
Senators try to jam through massive spending bills to help them get re-elected, just like Mary Landrieu’s billion-dollar bill, while taxpayers get further and further into debt.
John Kennedy will fight to get our fair share from Washington. We all want to help farmers and those in need. But Mary Landrieu thinks Louisianans can’t tell the difference between spending to help hurting families, and spending designed to help politicians.
Well folks, we do. And so does Conservative Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who caught Mary Landrieu red-handed playing politics with our farmers. Senator Coburn’s staff said Mary’s bill “is about helping Senator Landrieu’s re-election campaign, not Oklahoma farmers. This is not a serious bill. It was introduced at the last minute and has never gone through committee. We call this press release legislation.”
Amen. Politicians like Mary Landrieu are why our nation is so badly in debt and why Washington is broken. John Kennedy is a conservative with a record of results for taxpayers – he’s the kind of leader Louisiana needs now more than ever.
