LA-Sen: Perkins Won't Run

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Despite being caught kvetching like a major league douchebag at the Dulles airport a few days ago, it looks like the week is ending on a positive note for Diaper Dave Vitter, as yet another potential primary challenger has removed his name from consideration:

<...> Family Research Council president Tony Perkins has decided not to challenge him in next year's Republican primary.
"I am grateful for those who've encouraged me to consider returning to elected office, but this is not the right time," wrote Perkins in a letter to state party chairman Roger Villere. "Along those lines, I would like members of the State Central Committee to know that I support Senator David Vitter's bid for reelection in 2010."

With Perkins out, Secretary of State Jay Dardenne may be our last hope for a major R-on-R battle here... and somehow I suspect that the odds of such a cage match occurring are getting slimmer.

Meanwhile, for Team Blue, Cillizza brings up a new potential candidate whose name has escaped my notice until now: Baton Rouge-area state Sen. Rob Marionneaux.

http://www.swingstateproject.com

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1. Tony Perkins is a moron

So is Vitter. How he can get up and speak is just too funny. No morals at all.