The Hill provides an interesting read on the hottest thing to hit Washington since the Marc Foley scandal, Louisiana Senior Senator Mary Landrieu’s New Media Coordinator, and JSTOR enthusiast, Dan Toffey. Details after the jump.
From the Times Picayune, apparently disgraced Junior Senator David Vitter is taking credit for Louisiana Senior Senator Mary Landrieu’s opposition to a public option for healthcare reform. This is another in a long string of “victories” the unindicted co-conspirator/Senator from Louisiana has claimed over Landrieu.
Considering their personal history, not to mention Senator Vitter’s active campaign to defeat Senator Landrieu against that guy who always runs for stuff, it is surprising to most in Louisiana how Senator Landrieu has worked so hard to please Senator Vitter since the election.
According to The Gambit , at a listening tour stop in New Orleans, Baton Rouge native and award winning writer, director, and producer Stormy Daniels, a potential candidate against disgraced junior Senator David Vitter, is also not particularly fond of Louisiana’s other senator, fighting and winning Mary Landrieu.
Apparently unaware that the dodo bird has a more active heartbeat than his political career, State Treasurer John Kennedy emerged from whatever rock or self help group he has sought refuge in since his latest humiliating defeat in his latest failed bid for United States Senate. According to the St. Tammany News, Kennedy spoke before the Northshore Kiwanis Club in Mandeville earlier this month.
Although there has been no reporting of the crowd estimate, it is assumed that perennial candidate Kennedy, as usual, drew a packed house. While there were, surprisingly, several interesting moments in his speech, apart from obligatory references to cowgirl halls of fame and brown tree snakes in Guam, the highlight was Treasurer Kennedy’s visionary solution to solving our nation’s education problems.
When discussing what to do with students who are resistant to learning, Kennedy argued that teachers should put them in another room and make them “do push-ups or stare at the wall…”. As of this reporting, it is unknown where the clearly still confused State Treasurer developed this advice from, as push-ups and wall staring appear nowhere on Wikipedia’s education reform page.
Also of note during this speech was Treasurer Kennedy’s claim of inflation accounting for 27% of the increased budget of the State of Louisiana in the past decade, despite saying throughout his most recent senate campaign that “except for healthcare, inflation has been pretty tame over the last ten years.” Even more confusing is Kennedy’s assertion less than 3 months ago that inflation has increased 37% over the last 10 years.
Never known to be good at math, a frightening thought for a state treasurer, clearly, John Kennedy still has a lot of learning to do. But of course, it is nothing a few push ups won’t solve.
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In a letter to the editor of the Times-Picayune, Senator Mary Landrieu asserted that the calls for bipartisanship by disgraced Sentor David Vitter are as deep as a puddle.
From the Advocate: Centrist Senator at the heart of the coalition critical to passage of President Obama’s stimulus plan.
From the Advocate: Vitter being characteristically contrary as Landrieu supports plan that would invest between three and five billion dollars in Louisiana.
From the Times-Picayune: Jane Campbell, who also served in the Ohio State legislature will take over for departing Chief of Staff Jason Matthews.
From the Daily Iberian: Senator Mary Landrieu praises a “refreshing” sense of responsibility as Senator David Vitter positions himself to be one of the new president’s biggest critics.
From the Advocate: President’s reference to Hurricane Katrina impresses members of state’s delegation.
