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• JACOBS WILL BE MAJOR CONTENDER

  —Ringside Politics

  This week former Orleans Parish School Board member Leslie Jacobs entered the race for Mayor of New Orleans. This was not a rash decision for Jacobs, who is well known to New Orleans voters because of her efforts on behalf of education reform. For years, Jacobs has been at the [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 5:06am EST
  

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• THIRD TIME A CHARM FOR LANDRIEU?

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  December 11, 2009….In 2003, Louisiana voters elected Kathleen Blanco as Governor, overlooking her bright, energetic challenger Bobby Jindal. After losing, Jindal was elected to Congress and remained in the public eye. During her term, Blanco suffered in the polls and failed to handle the challenges of Katrina. She was so unpopular that she chose not [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 8:21am EST
  

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• Snoozing on Politics Until...

  —NOLA-dishu

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  I wanted to post a few of campaign commercials for the mayor's race and comment and then this happened. Mitch is now the front runner and, frankly, I think he has my vote right off the bat. It's a ballsy move. He'll either be a phoenix rising from the' [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 8:48pm EST
  by Clay

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• Hell to the Yeah

  —American Zombie

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  Dardenne ponders Vitter vulnerability
  
  I dig Dardenne. I may even vote for him over Melancon. I hope he's throwing his hat in. [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:23pm EST
  by Dambala

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• A pregnant paragraph

  —American Zombie

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  New Orleans professional contract awards criticized, debated
  
  Meanwhile, those defending the status quo -- the City Charter, which can be changed only through a citywide vote, gives the mayor sole authority to award professional-service deals -- generally have been African-Americans averse to changing a system that recently [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 2:59am EST
  by Dambala

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• Georges campaign slogan

  —American Zombie

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  Taking submissions...here's my first one:
  
  "Every time someone votes for John Georges....a puppy dies."
  
  and.....
  
  "Vote for John Georges. You know he would vote for him."
  
  "Hi, I'm John Georges - I'm putzy, hate people, was business partners with Ray Nagin AND Roy Rodney, and I'" [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  by Dambala

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• edits

  —American Zombie

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  I've watched this story about 7 times now and I'm still curious if Dr. Vera Triplet actually "agreed" with anything Ray Nagin said:
  
  
  
  The dangling Nagin quote was, "I just think having...the number of candidates in the race...is gonna split the vote...whether you're talking white, black, hispanic,'" [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:25am EST
  by Dambala

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• MARY LANDRIEU: LOUISIANA’S BIONIC WOMAN

  —Ringside Politics

  November 27, 2009….Is Senator Mary Landrieu Louisiana’s $300 million woman? In exchange for her cloture vote to move the healthcare bill forward, Landrieu secured big money for the state’s Medicaid program. According to Landrieu, the state needed the “fix” and “she was not going to be defensive about it.” Read [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 7:48am EST
  

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• Oh...about sunny days

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  Mrs. Head has my unadulterated support for re-election. I only wish she was upping the ante.
  
  I think she's now one of the most seasoned and skilled politicians in the city and I'd vote for her over any current mayoral candidate.
  
  Having said that, there [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 1:03am EST
  by Dambala

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• Mary Landrieu the useful idiot

  —The Old River Road

  Mary Landrieu is voting yes:

  My vote today to move forward on this important debate should in no way be construed by the supporters of this current framework as an indication of how I might vote as this debate comes to an end. It is a vote to move forward.

  Ah yes, the time [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:42pm EST
  by CB

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• Show Cao

  —Library Chronicles

  
  
  Looks like our temporary Congressman is still basking in his 15 minutes media of extra exposure (And also the above-pictured extremely low-budget local "thank you" campaign) stemming from his vote on Health Care Reform in [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:55pm EST
  by jeffrey

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• La votes for sale?

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  First Cao was bought now for recovery deals now Mary Landrieu? OY!

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:29pm EST
  by Greta

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• Voting trends in recent EBR tax elections

  —The Old River Road

  

  [Guest post contributed by JMC]

   
  Note: Numbers represent percent that voted "yes."
  

  A final note on tax issues in East Baton Rouge Parish -- by looking at a sample of parishwide tax votes since 2002, some patterns clearly emerge that any politician would be wise to note:

  Central is anti-tax. Period. [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:46am EST
  by CB

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• Precinct map of the bond vote

  —The Old River Road

  

  I'm putting together my final thoughts on yesterday's vote. In the meantime, a good friend who is a numbers genius sends along a graphical representation of the vote broken down by precinct.

  
  

  
  

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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:13am EST
  by CB

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• Get ready for the backlash

  —The Old River Road

  Today's vote won't even be close. I'm thinking the no vote is going to be around 60 percent. So be prepared for the backlash.

  They're going to tell us we're anti-progress and small-minded. They'll say we're stuck in the past and tied to a small-town mindset. And they'll bemoan the fact [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 2:03pm EST
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• So nice that Joseph Cao voted ...

  —Liprap's Lament - The Line

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  So nice that Joseph Cao voted for "life" and against his party lines.
  
  Even more lovely is the list of 65 Democrats who decided to add the amendment Cao supported with that yea vote...and they have all redrawn the lines of health care reform [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:24am EST
  by Leigh C.

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• Cao bucks GOP Whip!

  —Your Right Hand Thief

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  T-P reports how the LA delegation voted on the House's health care reform bill:
  
  In the end... Rep. Anh "Joseph'' Cao, R-New Orleans, voted "yes" late Saturday night, making him the only Republican in the House to vote for a bill that passed 220-215.
  
  Cao also was'" [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:35pm EST
  by oyster

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• Cao's liberal grin

  —American Zombie

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  Damn, Cao makes the headline of the HuffPo with a yea vote on health care reform...look at this grin:
  
  As the Kentucky adage goes, "He was grinning like a shit eatin' possum." I have no idea what that means, it's not derogatory I can [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:01am EST
  by Dambala

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• "Man With Balls Lives Here" Rep. ...

  —New Orleans News Ladder

  "Man With Balls Lives Here" Rep. Cao is only Republican to vote for Democrats' health care ~Jonathan Tilove
  ~In the end, satisfied that the House health care reform bill would not subsidize abortions, Rep. Anh "Joseph'' Cao, R-New Orleans, voted "yes" late Saturday night, making him the only Republican'" [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:30am EST
  

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• Rep. Cao steps up

  —We Could Be Famous

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  Joseph Cao voted yea on healthcare reform!
  This couldn't have been easy. He was the only Republican to break ranks. I'm glad he did.
  Though I am pro-choice and proud, the Congressman is clearly passionate about his side of that endless debate and at the very least, I respect [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:16pm EST
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• Urgent! Tell Congressman Cao to vote yes on healthcare reform

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  The House of Representatives is going to vote on healthcare reform tomorrow. That's right, tomorrow.
  
  At yesterday's Bachmann-inspired rally staged at the Capital, the House GOP leaders promised that not one Republican would vote for the bill.
  
  The Republican leadership is going to be leveraging incredible pressure [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:20pm EST
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