The odd thing, is that Clinton and Carter won Ohio not because of the swing in NE Ohio, but rather because of the swing in the Copperhead territory along the Ohio River outside of the Cinci metro area.
I guess Southern Ohio likes candidates with Southern accents. I wonder how they will react to a New Englander accent.
RE: LA
Even as McCrery finalizes his decision, a number of names are already being considered for a possible replacement. Among the most talked about are Shreveport Mayor Keith Hightower, a Democrat, and Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator, a Republican.
Prator said McCrery met with him in his office on Friday. "We discussed several things. Should he decide not to run, I will consider it, but it's in the early stages of consideration.
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Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, called it disaster for Louisiana if McCrery were to be added to the losses the state already faces in seniority among its seven congressmen and two senators.