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Searching for John McCain

by: ryan

Fri May 30, 2008 at 13:49:52 PM CDT

This is the image I want to see every single time I see a picture of John McCain ... as it was taken on August 29, 2005, while New Orleanians were fighting for their lives. Here's the caption on that photo at the White House website:

President George W. Bush joins Arizona Senator John McCain in a small celebration of McCain's 69th birthday Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, after the President's arrival at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix. The President later spoke about Medicare to 400 guests at the Pueblo El Mirage RV Resort and Country Club in nearby El Mirage. White House photo by Paul Morse

There'll be more of this over the next few days ... as I am working on google-bombing John McCain over the next few days with allies in the netroots.

That link above highlights McCain's ties to lobbyists. Lord knows we don't need another unqualified Brownie running FEMA. Unfortunately, we here in Louisiana had to learn that one the hard way.

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Baker RESIGNS, LA-06 is now OPEN!

by: ryan

Tue Jan 15, 2008 at 11:11:08 AM CST

Per the Times Picayune, Rep. Richard Baker is resigning from Congress no later than February 6th, to take a lobbying position with the Mutual Funds Association, which will mean two things:

    1. He'll get a nice ol' raise from some $165,000 per year as a Congressman to over $1 million per year.

    2. It will be an open seat campaign, which will make it somewhat easier for Don Cazayoux to win this seat.

The tricky part is that there may be a special election called for March 8th, which Secretary of State Jay Dardenne will recommend to Governor PBJ.  However, since the rules of the game have changed, it will be a closed primary on March 8th, with the general election being a month or so later.  

If that's the case, it's gonna be a wild spring ... two races for Congress in Louisiana.  Might we finally see the national parties down here throwing money left and right?

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