From the Huffington Post: In what promises to be just the first in a new line of national stories on Jindal’s VP prospects, the big question is whether the administration’s door slamming and no comment approach to the Louisiana press corps will hold up with the national gang.
From the Times Picayune: To hear newly minted Congressman Steve Scalise describe it, it sounds like he was elected just in time for the GOP’s wake.
Meanwhile, you know it’s bleak when you’re getting branding lectures from David Vitter.
From the Ouchita Citizen: As he tries to convince conservatives that he’s one of them, Democrat turned Republican John Kennedy must also deal with the question of just how conservative Louisiana really is.
From The Independent Weekly: A David Vitter irony alert.
From Bayou Buzz: After three big loses and a party void of vision, the GOP needs to stop with the attacks and offer some ideas.
From the Daily Kingfish: New First District Congressman is only La. delegation member to vote against move that would increase oil supplies and reduce fuel costs.
From the Adovcate: Monroe Senator Bob Kostelka, Governor Jindal’s senate floor leader, is expected to strongly oppose the House’s move to return the standard for prosecuting alleged ethics violations from “clear and convincing” back to its original “reliable and substantial evidence” standard. Taking its cue from the Jindal administration, a majority of House Republicans opposed the amendment by State Rep. Cedric Richmond though it still passed by a narrow 45-42 vote with 17 members not voting.
From the Houton Chronicle and the Washington Post: In the same week that Sen. David Vitter dodges an ethics complaint over his penchant for prostitutes and another GOP Congressman gets caught in an extra marital affair, a majority of House Republicans vote against a resolution in support of the celebration of Mother’s Day.
From the Associated Press: With calls now for the resignation of New York Rep. Vito Fossella over reports that he fathered a child through an extra marital affair, Senator David Vitter’s name is once again finding it’s way into the disgrace pages of Washington politics.
