Kathleen Blanco: "She is Always the Calm at the Center of the Storm"

Shreveport, LA, Times ^ | 11-09-03 | Hill, John

[Theodore R.]

Take an intimate look at Kathleen Blanco Kathleen Blanco: ''She is always the calm at the center of the storm''

NEW ORLEANS - Kathleen Blanco is the quiet eye in the storm around her.

Dressed in her trademark blue suit, the jacket open to the two-string costume pearl necklace she has used this year because it's large enough not to misplace or leave behind, Blanco is serene, seeming to ignore the undulating semi-circle of television cameras and still photographers whirling about her, some walking backward, others dropping back and swooping back around in front like birds fighting to be in front of a flock. Behind her is a mass of supporters.

[Theodore R.]

Though the Shreveport Times endorsed Jindal last Sunday, this week has a flattering in-depth front-page news article on the Blanco candidacy.

[Pern]

Funny, the Lafayette Daily Advertiser has a pro-Blanco article, too. In fact, I think it's the same article.

Blanco and her cronies are getting desperate in the final days of the race.

[Kirkwood]

If Blanco were any more serene, she would be asleep. She has no personality and no ideas, which just goes to show that anyone can reach the lofty heights of politics when there is a political machine behind you.

[river rat]

Sounds like she's on Prozac.

Semper Fi