The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is reportedly throwing support behind Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), according to the group’s national political director, Rob Engstrom.
Engstrom told the audience at a Committee of 100 meeting that the group would support Landrieu in her fight to win re-election, according to The New York Times’ Joe Nocera.
Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman Blair Latoff Holmes told TPM in an email on Monday “no decisions have been made in the LA Senate race.”
Landrieu’s major Republican challenger is Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce scorecard said Landrieu votes for pro-business legislation more often than Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), according to The Wall Street Journal.
In previous elections, the Chamber has spent money on television ads supporting Landrieu’s campaign. In April, the Chamber’s senior political strategist, Scott Reed, said it was too early to make a decision on whether they would support Landrieu or not.
This post has been updated.
And what this means is that, like her or her rhetoric or dislike her/it, she has positioned herself precisely in her demographic to win–which, in the case of Senate majority, matters more than her/it.
The Tea Party is the most anti-business party in modern times.
Another race we need if we want to keep the Senate. We can’t let the media narrative of ‘Republicans will take the Senate’ keep us down. Prove them wrong, and the only way to do that is to VOTE! The ‘Dem turnout’ problems are another overblown media narrative. What about 2006, huh?
Being endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce is about one click above being picked to win by Dick Cheney.
she is my senator and I tell ya she dammed near as close to being a republicon when it comes to the corprate sector as any republicon I cant stand her and I wish we had a truly progressive to run for that seat…but that aint gonna happen…not when you have a poll here in La that said 18% blame the bush admin for there sorry response to katrina 19% blame the Obama admin and 44% dont know…Im sooooooo embarrased for my state