SEN BREAUX (D-LA) ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

Sen. Breaux's Website ^ | Dec 15, 2004 | Sen. Breaux

[anymouse]

Flux Capacitor - Since Oct 5, 2003

Racially intolerant for much longer than that, I'm sure.

[Flux Capacitor]

Yes, as I said.... Jindal is not white, THEREFORE his chances of winning statewide office in La. are SEVERELY hampered. To say the least.

Christ.

-Dan

[Theodore R.]

John Breaux is a Southern Democrat who has come to believe the party has left him,

No, it was my understanding that Breaux worked very hard for the Clinton and Gore campaigns in 1992, 1996, and 2000. He is a Democrat true believer and can deliver the votes!

[Eowyn-of-Rohan]

I wonder what he did....? Hard to believe he just stepped down without there being some skeleton in his closet.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Save your money -- Jindal isn't white.

Your moniker suggests a combination of hope and science and fun.

Georgia may produce a black Republican Senator next year.

If JC Watts gets recruited in Oklahoma, we will see another black Republican Senator. The first since Ed Brooke in Massachussetts!!

Back to the future?

[Kuksool]

Once Vitter announces his candidacy for the LA Senate seat, Jindal could run for Vitter's House seat, LA-01. Jindal carried the LA-01 when he ran for Governor last month.

[jpl]

Republicans haven't done too well statewide in Louisiana outside the Presidential race recently....

Louisiana is one of those states where the Dems still have some solid support on the local level, no doubt about it. But Bush will once again win the state easily, and any Democrat who runs has to be at least perceived as something of a centrist to have any realistic chance.

[Flux Capacitor]

Herman Cain is indeed my favorite of the candidates vying for the Georgia seat. And I'd LOVE to see Watts get back into the fray.

Cain has definite elective potential in Georgia and Watts would be a shoo-in in Oklahoma.... but if either were to run here in Louisiana, they wouldn't have a prayer. And that just depresses the hell out of me.

-Dan

[Republican Wildcat]

One of the good ones? Well, not one of the worst...but he is notable for his assistance in the obstruction of judicial nominees.

[Pubbie]

*Ping*!

ALso Breaux will NOT retire early so that Blanco appoints his succesor - he will finish the remainder of his term.

[Flux Capacitor]

----Bush will once again win the state easily----

I believe he'll win the state, but it won't be nearly as easy as it ought to be. Clinton won La. twice, and next year Dean will have a Dem governor and two Dem senators cheerleading for him, and warning Louisianans that Bush will (once again) destroy the sugar industry. A much-too-large percentage of us will wolf the propaganda up.

-Dan

[Dark Wing]

When it rains, it pours.

[lormand]

"He was one of the good RATs"

Hey Rob from GA. I noticed that you are not Rob from LA. If you were, you would be reminded that there are no "good RATs" anywhere in Louisiana.

[lormand]

If nobody has said so on this thread, then let it be said...

If a RAT runs for this seat, then the RAT will win, even if it is a REAL rat who is registered as a DemocRAT.

The voters of Louisiana are too drunk on populism to elect a Republican Senator.

[CPT Clay]

I thought Thune was supposed to announce something today also.

[pepperhead]

I wonder what he did....? Hard to believe he just stepped down without there being some skeleton in his closet.

Lets see he is getting old, probably has grand kids and has served enough time in the Senate to collect a fat pension. Sounds like a hard decision to me.

[Louisiana]

GEAUX Breaux. see ya... good riddance. He helped Blah-Blah-Blanco get elected.

[Tall_Texan]

...another hefty blow to Senate Democrats as they seek to reclaim the majority in 2004.

Yes CNN/DNC still thinks they have any shot at reclaiming the majority in 2004.

Better written: "another hefty blow to Senate Democrats as they seek to hold a filibuster-capable 41 seats."

[lormand]

"I'm genuinely sorry to see Breaux bid us adieus. He was one of the better Dems. "

Breaux has been as useful to Louisiana and the Senate as tits are to a bull hog.

Simply, Breaux was just some idiot collecting pay and pension benefits at the expense of us tax payers. Sure, he was no Ted Kennedy when it came to outrageousness, but he was certainly no Statesman either.

Senator Breaux's Legacy:
< cricket chirps >
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So, here is a breakdown of Louisiana politics as of today.
1) RAT Governor elect
2) 2 RAT US Senators, one of whom is Mary Landrau
3) Both State houses infested and run by RATS
4) Voting populous who demonstrate no waning trend towards populism, which is the forte of the DemocRATS

Simply, Louisiana will elect a RAT to the Senate. Bookmark this for later referrence, for I wish I am wrong. I have been wrong just once when predicting Louisiana elections. That was recently when poll after poll indicating Jindal would win the Governorship. I figured, hell, if Kalifornia can reform, surely Louisiana could?

I have been snapped back into the realities of Louisiana politics. It stinks to high heaven, and nothing in my lifetime will probably ever change it.

[deport]

No, it was my understanding that Breaux worked very hard for the Clinton and Gore campaigns in 1992, 1996, and 2000. He is a Democrat true believer and can deliver the votes!

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He must have fell a few votes short in 2000, huh?