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Cassidy vs Landrieu: How will their fiscal cliff votes affect the 2014...
Sen. Mary Landrieu So, Sen. Mary Landrieu voted for the fiscal cliff deal in the Senate. Her likely Republican opponent, Baton Rouge Congressman Bill Cassidy, did not. Northeast Louisiana Rep. Rodney...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu: She may be a GOP target, but don’t dismiss her...
Sen. Mary Landrieu By Robert Mann A recent Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey showing Sen. Mary Landrieu leading a slew of potential challengers seems to have signaled the start of the 2014 Louisiana...
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A Louisiana Elections Primer: The next four years will be a wild ride
By Robert Mann “I advise anyone who thinks he knows something about politics to go down to Louisiana and take a postgraduate course.” –Texas U.S. Sen. Tom Connally, 1932. If you are obsessed with...
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Mary Landrieu’s politically smart vote on background checks
By Robert Mann Some conservatives were probably heartened on Wednesday by Sen. Mary Landrieu’s vote to end debate on legislation requiring background checks on certain guns sales and which would have...
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Go left, Rep. Cassidy
By Robert Mann It’s a safe bet that every day someone advises Sen. Mary Landrieu to move further to the right if she wants to win re-election in 2014. Rep. Bill Cassidy (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore)...
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Fixating on Landrieu’s Obamacare vote might not be a winning GOP strategy
Sen. Mary Landrieu (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Robert Mann It was an article of faith among some Republicans that President Obama’s reelection was doomed because voters would stampede to the polls in...
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The GOP’s Obamacare Insanity
By Robert Mann Among the definitions of insanity is one often attributed to Albert Einstein: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” That, of course, could explain...
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Dismal numbers: polling and fundraising woes bedevil Cassidy’s campaign...
Public Policy Polling (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Robert Mann A new statewide poll is out on the 2014 Louisiana U.S. Senate race — and it’s not good news for Sen. Mary Landrieu‘s GOP opponent, Rep....
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Ted Cruz: Obamacare’s unlikely best friend
Ted Cruz (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore) By Robert Mann As Texas Sen. Ted Cruz frog-marched the Republican-led House into a politically disastrous federal government shutdown, I found myself increasingly...
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Shameless: Edwin Edwards and his farcical campaign for Congress
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards at Monday’s Baton Rouge Press Club (Photo by Robert Mann) By Robert Mann As I left Monday’s Baton Rouge Press Club luncheon, during which former Gov. Edwin Edwards declared...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu has the seniority, but will voters care?
Bollinger Shipyards CEO Boysie Bollinger in a new TV spot for Sen. Mary Landrieu By Robert Mann It’s said that when someone once asked then-House Speaker Sam Rayburn why the Texas congressional...
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David Vitter’s tacit admission that Obamacare won’t be repealed
U.S. Sen. David Vitter By Robert Mann I’ve argued for months that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will play only a minor role in the 2014 U.S. Senate race between Sen. Mary Landrieu and her main...
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Why does Bill Cassidy want you to work until age 70?
By Robert Mann If ever a candidate for high public office proved himself disconnected from the worries and fears of average citizens, it was Rep. Bill Cassidy in last Tuesday’s U.S. Senate debate in...
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Will the real Bill Cassidy please stand up?
By Robert Mann Former President Bill Clinton, who was in Baton Rouge last Monday to campaign for Sen. Mary Landrieu, has scorned the attacks on her as someone too liberal for Louisiana. Clinton...
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Another blow to Bill Cassidy’s conservative cred: Woody Jenkins endorses Rob...
Former state Rep. Woody Jenkins By Robert Mann By now, it’s clear that many Louisiana conservatives don’t believe Rep. Bill Cassidy is one of them. In his race against Sen. Mary Landrieu, Cassidy is...
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On higher education funding, Bill Cassidy is skipping class
By Robert Mann The venue of last Wednesday’s U.S. Senate debate between Sen. Mary Landrieu and Rep. Bill Cassidy – the Journalism Building on LSU’s campus – was odd given how this campaign has largely...
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Does Mary Landrieu have a chance? Not if she can’t win more white votes
Screen shot of November 6, 2014, Louisiana exit poll from CNN.com By Robert Mann It’s now clear that Sen. Mary Landrieu’s relentless talk about her clout took a big hit in Tuesday’s election. Not only...
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What’s the GOP’s problem with Louisiana’s black voters?
By Robert Mann Sen. Mary Landrieu has taken a beating for her poor showing among white voters in the Nov. 4 Louisiana U.S. Senate primary. Only 18 percent of white voters chose Landrieu over her...
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“Double Bill” Cassidy: For Years, Bill Cassidy Billed LSU While Working In...
Rep. Bill Cassidy (Screen shot from C-SPAN) By Lamar White On at least 21 different occasions during the last two and a half years, Rep. Bill Cassidy billed Louisiana State University Health Science...
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‘Double Bill’ Cassidy’s Double Talk: Lamar White
Screen shot Bill Cassidy Senate spot By Lamar White Yesterday, Rep. Bill Cassidy, an Illinois native who is now the front-runner in the run-off election for U.S. Senate in Louisiana, responded to a...
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