From a press release, Democratic candidate for New Orleans Council District A Susan Guidry highlights attempted window jumper Jay Batt’s campaign contributions from Entergy, “I guess we shouldn’t be surprised Entergy is once again loading Jay Batt’s cart since he spent his time on the Council doing their bidding at every opportunity,”. Full release after the jump. Read more
From the Politico: Former Press Secretary for convicted Alaska Senator Ted Stevens crosses the aisle to work for Mary Landrieu.
From the Independent: House measure to open drilling along the outer continental shelf and allow east coast states to opt in to drilling heads to the Senate without the revenue sharing provision included in the Senate version.
From CQ Politics: Senator Mary Landrieu is using her time during the Democratic National Convention to push for support for the “Gang of 10″ energy proposal. Landrieu is spending the week lobbying lawmakers from Virginia, North and South Carolina and Florida on the plan to expand domestic drilling and fund alternative energy research.
From the Advocate: In the midst of the heat of election season, Senator Mary Landrieu and the “Gang of Ten” might just find themselves in the right place at the right time for a comprehensive energy plan.
It seems I spoke to soon. NBC only posted a short snippet of Jindal’s Meet the Press appearance. Consequently, I missed this revealing clip where Jindal’s long winded rhetoric was exposed for its lack of substance.
Continuing in his role as a high profile surrogate for presumptive Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, Bobby Jindal appeared on ABC’s ‘This Week’.
