This is my view. I live in the Shreveport area. Kathern Blanco seemed almost to have a second home in Shreveport. You couldnt pick up a paper without seeing her encouaraging people here. I hear the same things from people in Monroe. More importantly she visited all those towns in those small parishes that were never graced by a visit from our esteemed Gov. Foster in his 8 years of Gov spent no time up here. It was noticed and North LA let that be known that it appreciated Blancos attention at the polls. I had a lot of Republican friends that supported Blanco for that reason because they felt we would have a ear in Baton Rouge.