Prosecute murderers = don't make the run off (La Attorney General)

[RB TexLa]

Of course it helps when Eddie Jordan might have well accepted a fee as Dr. Pou defense attorney.



Caldwell, Alexander up for Foti's seat
Sunday, October 21, 2007
By Bill Barrow

Unable to withstand the fallout from two Katrina-related prosecutions, Attorney General Charles Foti narrowly missed a runoff that will leave the former Orleans criminal sheriff out of public life for the first time in three decades.

Foti fell short of second place in a three-man field, with Republican Royal Alexander, a Shreveport lawyer, emerging to face primary leader James "Buddy" Caldwell, a Democrat and longtime district attorney from Tallulah. The two will meet in a battle sure to be vitriolic, judging from the increasingly caustic tone of the campaign leading up to Saturday's vote.



http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1192948218144760.xml&coll=1

AG Foti Appears To Lose Re-Election Bid

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti appeared to lose his bid for re-election Saturday.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat James "Buddy" Caldwell was in the lead with 36 percent of the vote. Foti and Republican Royal Alexander each had about 32 percent, but Alexander was ahead by about 4,000 votes.

Caldwell is a northeast Louisiana district attorney, Alexander is a Shreveport lawyer.

Foti has been a target of fierce criticism for his post-Hurricane Katrina investigations.
http://www.wdsu.com/news/14386168/detail.html

[...of J.Temperance]

1. Hopefully Caldwell will win

It's depressing enough that Bobby Jindal won the Governor's race, and that Secretary of State John Kennedy switched parties and is now a Republican :(

If Caldwell doesn't win, then it's very bad news for Senator Mary Landrieu, and she's my joint favorite Senator, along with Senator Evan Bayh.

[RB TexLa]

2. Kennedy is Treasurer

I like Evan Bayh as well.

I still think this might be our ticket next year.

[...of J.Temperance]

3. Oh D'oh!

So he is!

Senator Clinton and Senator Bayh look great together, now THAT would be my perfect 2008 ticket:

Clinton/Bayh

Of course IF I were advising Senator Mary Landrieu on how to get re-elected, I do have a plan, she could switch parties for the election and if she was re-elected, then once sworn into The Senate again, she could switch back to our side....it's not as if it's not been done before, Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Richard Shelby were elected in 1992 as Democrats....of course Nighthorse Campbell and Shelby switched to the GOP after the election.

Dunno, I'm really worried about how the black vote has been more than halved in Orleans Parish, any Democrat running Statewide NEEDS the big win in Orleans Parish, and tens of thousands of those black voters have been scattered to other states.

If my comment on how I'd advise Senator Mary Landrieu to get re-elected is considered out of order, then if the Moderators want to delete that portion of my post here, then feel free to do so :)