Posted on 09/17/2014 6:43:35 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) predicted on Tuesday a loss for Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and a win for Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) this fall, two of their respective parties’ most vulnerable incumbents.
Speaking to reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast on Tuesday, Jindal said of Landrieu’s defeat, “I think that that is going to happen this year.”
But he added while “she could lose in November ... I think a runoff is possible.”
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Some have speculated his decision to sit out the race was informed by long-standing bad blood between the governor and Sen. David Vitter (R), or because Jindal, who remains unpopular in the state, could be more harm than help to GOP chances.
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The first line of the article is untrue. He said she “could lose”, he did not predict a loss in that quote, then he said it could go to a runoff.
I think that Brownback is going to lose big....very, very big.
As for Mary...I don’t see how she can possibly win reelection. Her unfavorables are very high....don’t see anyway she turns it around.
He said she could lose in *November* but expects a runoff.
He's right, unfortunately, since this Mansess fellow is talking votes from the GOP frontrunner, Cassidy, a runoff is highly likely.
Is this Cassidy person an actual conservative or a RINO?
He’s no RINO. The people calling him a RINO are, in my opinion, whiners, who are full of it. His only “crime” is that he has a record in office, where as Maness has none.
And he’s a helluva stronger candidate than some random guy.
He’s conservative. Here’s my interview with him.
Cassidy: “Landrieu Supports (Obama’s) Agenda 97% of the Time”
By Walter Abbott - 3/7/14
“Barak Obama’s agenda has been awful for the American Family… and Senator Landrieu supports that agenda 97% of the time,” Congressman Bill Cassidy (LA 06) told Lincoln Parish News Online (LPNO) in an interview earlier today in Ruston. That remark was in response to the question of why he is running for for the U. S. Senate, and against incumbent Mary Landrieu.
Cassidy said that agenda has hurt Americans because it has “taken (away) their choice of healthcare,” and is “hurting their ability to get a good job with good benefits.” He added, “If she wins, the Senate continues to be a rubber stamp for this agenda that’s hurting the American Family.”
Cassidy said he is best positioned in the state to beat her, and feels duty bound to try.
Said Cassidy, “I’ll give up my congressional seat – that’s the risk you take – the greater goal is I am not going to be passive as this president and this senator who supports him 97% of the time, I think does things which are incredibly harmful.”
Cassidy, 57, came to Louisiana from Illinois at ten months of age, when his father went to work in one of the petrochemical plants along the Mississippi River south of Baton Rouge. He graduated from Baton Rouge’s Tara High School, and got his medical degree from Louisiana State University (LSU) Medical School.
He was first elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 2006, and won his Baton Rouge-based congressional seat in 2008.
Cassidy credits his love of the state and interest in politics from reading at an early age A. J. Liebling’s book, The Earl of Louisiana. That book chronicled Louisiana Governor Earl Long’s final years in Louisiana politics.
Asked why he entered politics later in life, Cassidy says he often counsels young people who want to be involved in politics to “have a life first.”
Said Cassidy, “People will respect you more, and your judgements will be sounder if you’ve actually had to live under the laws that others have passed, and you’ve actually had to make a living and make decisions.”
Landrieu has held public office continuously since 1979.
Cassidy acknowledged Landrieu’s support in the past from some in Louisiana’s business community because of government “earmarks.”
Said Cassidy, “Senator Landrieu is related to people by blood, marriage, and government contracts.”
But Cassidy thinks that since the earmark process has been significantly curtailed since 2010, her ability to garner support from that practice will be also diminished.
Qualifying for the Tuesday, November 4 election is August 20-22, Early voting will be from October 21 to October 28.
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