From the Advocate: Saturday’s elections, including key primaries in the second and fourth congressional districts, appear to be on hold.
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.
More than 2 years before he faces a re-election battle to retain his U.S. Senate seat David Vitter is actively campaigning. The invite below dropped into my inbox this morning:
When: Wednesday, August 20th
Time: 4:00pm (CST)
Where: In order to join the call attendees need to call: 1-800-391-1709 and
the bridge to access the call is: 281949.These calls are an opportunity for Sen. Vitter to stay in touch with
supporters, to let them know about his work in DC, to discuss issues in
Louisiana as well as get feedback from his constituents. Sen. Vitter will be
taking questions during the conference call. If there is a specific issue
that someone would like addressed they can get me that information prior to
the call and I will be sure that he addresses it.My contact information is:
andree@vitterforsenate.com or 504.208.9548 (phone).Thanks,
Andree Miller
Grassroots Coordinator
David Vitter for US Senate 2010
O: 504-208-9548
From Rasmussen Reports: Incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu puts double digit distance over likely Republican challenger John Kennedy. A survey of 500 likely voters gives Landrieu a 53-37% edge. That’s up from the 49-44% edge Landrieu had in a Rasmussen poll taken a month ago.
From the Associated Press: When Senator John McCain makes up his oil rig tour off the gulf of Louisiana, he will be doing it without Governor Bobby Jindal. Jindal’s office cites a scheduling conflict.
From the Advocate: Senate hopeful John Kennedy’s staff finally backs down the whole mysterious case of the Democratic attack ads that never were.
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.
Jindal made yet another national TV appearance on Sunday, appearing on Meet the Press alongside Obama surrogate Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA). It was a typically uncontroversial appearance as Gov. Kaine faced most of the questions, which focused on vice presidential picks and abortion.
The only real point of interest was when Jindal suggested he hoped to serve two terms as Governor of Louisiana. That presumably means Jindal plans to run for Governor in 2011. The bigger question is whether he will attempt to court presidential donors for a 2012 run, while also running for Governor? Can he afford to wait until 2016 to run for President?
Check out the video after the jump…
From the Advocate: Just because our government doesn’t work well doesn’t mean it doesn’t work as designed.
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