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http://lapolitics.com/2014/11/is-there-life-after-death-for-louisiana-democrats/

In terms of modern politics, the Louisiana Democratic Party will likely enter 2015 at its weakest point ever. But in terms of politics dating back to the 19th century, the party of the donkey has been here before, and it has always managed to bounce back.

Democrats were the proverbial underdogs upon their birth here in the mid-1830s, until the Whigs folded and gave way to their first rise. There was another lull during reconstruction as well, but Louisiana Democrats rallied by 1877 and their second coming commenced.

The century that followed was more than kind, with Democrats winning practically every election for governor. It wasn’t until names like Treen, Roemer, Foster and Jindal starting chipping away at the streak that a reversal of fortunes even appeared possible.

Now Democrats are on the verge of losing their last statewide elected official, with U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu trailing in the polls. Recent weeks have also seen the party laying off more than a dozen staffers and two top directors as money becomes elusive.


8 posted on 11/24/2014 4:58:17 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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I would love for the rat party to be gone for at least 100 years.

The liberals like to rewrite history. We need to have huge parties the day that Hussein Obama moves out of the white house — “The Worst President in Our Nation’s History” parties. This will make rewriting history a little more difficult for the libs.

Obama should always be remembered for the sorry azz president and person that he is.


9 posted on 11/24/2014 5:05:04 PM PST by boycott
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Has Attorney General Buddy Caldwell endorsed Landrieu? I heard that he may have done so. He will face intraparty opposition in 2015 from former U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry of St. Martin Parish.


15 posted on 11/24/2014 5:45:31 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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