It’s been a fun week for Sen. Vitter (R-LA), the Christian-right champion whose career became bogged down in the D.C. Madam prostitution scandal in 2007. Here’s what happened:
⢠It was briefly floated that former state Elections Commissioner Suzanne Terrell (R), who narrowly lost the 2002 Senate race to Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu, was considering a GOP primary challenge after Vitter had delayed the confirmation of the new head of FEMA.
⢠Just as quickly as she’d put her name out, Terrell put out a statement endorsing Vitter — just as previous potential primary challengers like Tony Perkins or John Cooksey have done before her.
⢠Porn star Stormy Daniels formed an exploratory committee to run against Vitter. Daniels has said in the past that people are looking for honesty and integrity in their leaders — meaning that her campaign would likely be a platform to remind voters about Vitter’s indiscretions and hypocrisy.
A Republican source told me that they’re feeling fine about Vitter. “We’re confident he’s gonna be fine, we’re confident that he’s gonna win,” the source said. “He still enjoys high approval ratings, he spends a lot of time in the state talking about what’s important to his constituents.”
