From Daily Kingfish and YRHT: In yet another sign of the collapsing fortunes of Republican Congressional hopeful Woody Jenkins, Baton Rouge station drops third party group ad due to false and misleading statements.
Over at The Dead Pelican, Chad Rogers casts blindly (and sourcelessly) for a reason why John Neely Kennedy is sagging in the polls despite losing Republicans and conservatives and having to explain why the party he thought liked him considers him ineffective, inefficient and not ready for prime time.
As Rogers speculates, Entergy commissioned the most recent Southern Media poll showing Kennedy losing to Senator Mary Landrieu by 50-38%. The hope, Rogers thinks, is to somehow pressure Kennedy to reverse his opposition to an energy rate reduction plan, that Kennedy inexplicably opposes, because of some bad poll numbers.
Aside from Rogers questionable leap of logic it has been rumored that Kennedy’s opposition to the grid repair plan stems from his failed attempt to raise campaign funds from Entergy. Kennedy, it has been rumored, has threatened to hold up the vote on the plan until he receives these campaign contributions. Last week, Kennedy indefinately postponed the vote on the plan that would provide almost immediate rate reductions for customers.
Meanwhile, Rogers makes no mention to his glowing reference to the same poll showing Governor Bobby Jindal’s approval at 77%. Rogers has not commented on whether he believes those numbers are also manufactured.
From the Times-Picayune: It was a particularly tough week for the people at Rasmussen Reports as first they confuse a Louisiana US Senate poll with a Virginia US Senate poll and then release another Louisiana poll that they quickly rip off their website. At the end of the day, Rasmussen says there never was a Louisiana poll. While all of this was going on Southern Media released an “actually conducted in Louisiana poll” showing incumbent Mary Landrieu with a comfortable 12 pt. lead over likely opponent John Kennedy.
As reported by The Dead Pelican: A day after showing Mary Landrieu with a 16 point lead, Rasmussen is now showing the race between the incumbent Senator Landrieu and potential challenger John Kennedy in a virtual dead heat. To add to the curiosity, the poll asked Louisiana voters their opinion on Mississippi governor Haley Barbor. Suffice to say, Louisiana voters are far more familiar with Governor Bobby Jindal.
Meanwhile, the Ouchita Citizen, provides a less spastic set of numbers from Southern Media that shows Landrieu with a “comanding lead” and 45% of voters unfamiliar with who John Kennedy is.
From the Bayou Buzz: Without the “bonafides of a true red Republican” and an “uphill climb” against Senator Mary Landrieu, Kennedy should wait for Vitter or risk becoming the GOP’s “sacrificial lamb.”
From Roll Call: Cazayoux up 49-42%.
From the Associated Press: While John McCain enjoys a significant advantage over both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, state treasurer and Senate hopeful John Kennedy is failing to benefit. Second poll in two days (this one by Louisiana pollster Bernie Pinsonat) shows Kennedy down double digits to Mary Landrieu 50-38%.
From Rasmussen Reports: In a poll conducted on April 10 of 500 likely voters, Senator Mary Landrieu, after nursing a narrow advantage in December, now leads state treasurer John Kennedy by a 55-39% margin.
Has Kennedy’s slow start and inability to rally conservatives taken the air out of what was once the GOP’s best hope for a glimmer of success on election night?
We had promised you a couple of polls on the LA-01 and LA-06 races, but as former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan once said, “events, dear boy, events.”
