The New Orleans Times-Picayune in a Sunday front page editorial endorsed Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), who is facing a tough re-election challenge against Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).
“When Mary Landrieu was elected to the U.S. Senate 18 years ago, Louisiana residents needed her to become a strong and effective advocate for the state. She did that, forging relationships across party lines, pushing three different presidents and her colleagues in Congress to treat us fairly and building the clout that comes not only with seniority but respect,” the editorial board wrote in the endorsement.
The editorial listed Landrieu’s accomplishments in the Senate and painted her as a moderate.
“The Republican opposition is trying to make this a partisan race and falsely paint Sen. Landrieu as a liberal Democrat. She isn’t,” the editorial board wrote. “She occupies the middle ground in Congress.”
They wrote that her Congressional “knowledge and influence are vital” to Louisiana residents.
But… but… Obama!
As long as we’re gonna fetishize the so-called “middle ground,” we might as well capitalize off it.
I can’t imagine being undecided at this point, so I have no idea what goes on in those people’s heads, but maybe this is what they want to hear?
Senator Landrieu is Louisiana thru and thru. She personifies the laissez faire of the people of Louisiana. Republicans are always yelling about letting the free market drive the economy. Well Mary has done this her whole life for Louisiana. I don’t think that Sullivan has enough knowledge to understand the free market economy of the oil industry in Louisiana like Senator Landrieu does. If Louisiana is smart they won’t discard Senator Landrieu for someone who just spouts anti anything President Obama without any new ideas of their own.
Unfortunately, Louisiana seems to be in a race to the bottom. They seem hell bent on becoming …well, whatever’s worth than a Third World country…a post apocalyptic wasteland?
Middle ground is as far-left as a Democrat can dare in Louisiana. And having a female Democratic Senator from Louisiana is vital, not only to her constituents, but to the nation as a whole. Come on LA Democrats, get to the polls this year and vote for Mary Landrieu and other Democrats! You can do it!