Ah, Mary. You yield a fruitful harvest when you say words. Or, in this case, write them. [L]eaders in the Legislature shut down any chance to expand access to basic health care for 400,000 Louisiana citizens through Medicaid this year. What a shame. By saying no to the expansion, they said no to positive economic impacts to Louisiana’s economy and health care improvements for many | Read More »
Senator Karen Carter Peterson, I realize you are a busy woman. Being the leader of the Democratic Party in Louisiana is surely no easy task, given you must wake up each morning and think “Is there anyone left?” The news that Elbert Guillory of Opelousas is turning Republican probably wasn’t the most pleasant you’ve heard today. Yes, I know you walked back your comments and | Read More »
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is suddenly in more trouble than even the Politico may realize. More than a year until the Congressional mid-term elections, and a group of Washington “political handicappers” say Senator Mary Landrieu’s chances of reelection have dropped to “pure toss-up.” Why is Senator Landrieu seen as vulnerable by the non-partisan Rothenberg Political Report? While Mary Landrieu’s hasn’t exactly been a | Read More »
You remember that lovely little MSNBC promo that features the woman with too many last names? You don’t? Well, YouTube is here to remind us all.The basic gist: Your kids are all of ours*. Let’s head down to Louisiana now, my home state, the land that birthed Mr. Erickson (It’s true. The ground just opened up and he walked out with a coat and no | Read More »
Mary Landrieu is one of a handful of Democrat senators towing the line as best as possible in order to remain in power in her red state senate seat. As such: Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is part of a diminishing number of Senate Democrats who have not endorsed same-sex marriage. That number is down to just nine among the Senate’s 53 Democrats and two independents who | Read More »
In the latest effort to make Jindal feel really bad about his tax swap proposal, 250 clergymen sent a letter to his office. A handful of ministers delivered the letter to the governor’s office at the State Capitol Monday morning. Jindal wants to eliminate the state’s personal income and corporate taxes in favor of increasing the state sales tax by 47 percent and taxing services such | Read More »
You remember Mary. Even if you don’t live in Louisiana, you remember Mary. Well, dear Mary is up for re-election for the U.S. Senate in 2014 here in Louisiana, a state that has surged red to the point where an incredible amount of Democrats switched parties just to stay alive in the state political system (but that’s a different story entirely and in some cases, | Read More »
I’ve talked about it before, but as more and more information comes out, I think it’s imperative to discuss it more and get other opinions on it. Governor Bobby Jindal has pitched his idea to eliminate the income tax in the state of Louisiana, which would make us the tenth state to do so. Interestingly enough, the conservative side of Louisiana political commentary is actually | Read More »
It’s not often that I write from a state politics perspective, largely because we aren’t a great bastion of political cleanliness and sometimes it’s a wee bit embarrassing. But, recently, I have to give credit to Governor Bobby Jindal for his ideas and statements regarding not only the future of the state, but the nation, as well. It is no secret that I’ve disagreed with | Read More »
On this site, I’ve seen opinions divided on whether on not Conservatives should go for Jeff Landry, the representative from the current 3rd District or the representative from the soon-to-be defunct 7th Congressional District. Arguments on both sides are actually fairly strong, and the campaigns have gotten incredibly nasty. Living in Lafayette Parish and working in Vermilion Parish, I am getting rather tired of it. | Read More »
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