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DEC 5 The Atlantic writes about Mary Landrieu in this post, in which she‘s described as "The Last Southern Democrat." Molly Ball doesn‘t give Landrieu much of a chance, and views her (supposed) imminent demise in relation to the Democratic party as a whole.
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DEC 5 The Hill‘s campaign blog takes a look at Edwin Edwards‘ campaign for Congress and his unapologetic Democratic positions. While his opponent, Garret Graves, leans so far right he‘s nearly got Tea Party status (on paper, anyway) the Silver Fox isn‘t pulling back from any of his Democratic platform planks, Jonathan Easley writes.
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AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE PANS JINDAL‘S FOREIGN POLICY
DEC 5 Apparently Bobby Jindal‘s not as smart as he thinks he is -- at least where speaking to national media about foreign policy is concerned. This post on the American Conservative is critical of his attempts to parrot "hawkish" postures (so to speak), but without offending anyone. Could this be the beginning of the national press‘ reality check for our Governor?
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DEC 5 Elbert Guillory‘s claiming a big victory in the Turkey Creek mayoral campaign, this post on the Bayou Buzz blog reports. He won two appeals before the might and majesty of the Third Circuit (such as it is) and has parlayed that into press releases about how rampant vote-buying is.
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TAKING MONEY FROM THE INDUSTRY YOU REGULATE
DEC 5 Blogger Tom Aswell takes a look at the campaign contributions in a PSC race east of Baton Rouge. The candidate, who happens to be chair of the PSC, took thousands from inmate telephone companies, Aswell reports. In fact, Aswell says, he‘s taken more money from regulated industries than anyone else on the PSC.
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A NEW DIRECTION FOR GROCERY STORES
DEC 5 Here‘s an interesting post in the Baton Rouge Business Report that looks at the new direction grocery stores seem to be taking. Grocers are trying to be, if not all things to everyone, at least more than they have been in the past.
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DEC 5 NOLA voters are set to vote Saturday on a proposal that would raise millions in taxes to repair New Orleans school buildings. What‘s the catch? Nobody knows who truly controls a lot of those buildings, The Lens reports in this post. With the RSD and charters playing fast and loose with taxpayer-owned properties, there‘s no telling!
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ALFORD: LOOK FOR MARY JANE AGAIN
DEC 5 Fred Mills‘ medical marijuana bill failed last year, but he hasn‘t given up, columnist Jeremy Alford writes in this post. Mills has come up with some strategies that might work, he says.
The Last Southern Democrat
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