Peggy Wilson is a nightmare. She runs as a Republican b/c she lives in Lakeview (the only GOP stronghold) and her base is old blue haired ladies in the Garden District. She reminds me of a female southern version of Michael Bloomberg. Her politics are mish mash of policies that sort of favor rich people but are genelly just meant to screw up your average person's day.
Her radio spots for mayor are excellent and well produced. It's a stinging indictment of Nagin. Nonetheless, there are two excellent conservative candidates for Mayor. Rob COuhig, who is a great guy but has no chance and Ron Forman who was raised a substantial amount of money and should make the runoff against Mitch Landrieu.
I wouldn't be shocked for Couhig to use the Mayor's race to get some name recognition and then take on Jefferson.
I read that Couhig's running the first TV commercials in that race.
Yeah, you confirmed my worries about Peggy Wilson. It really was a shame that Nagin bombed out as he did, I thought his election as a DINO would be a positive turning point in New Orleans, and it was... until the hurricane swept away his mind. It seems like Wilson could just as easily be a Caucasian Nagin. Is Ron Forman a Democrat ? I'd truly hate to see a runoff that was between Nagin and Landrieu (and at this point, Nagin's $$ can still keep him viable as a candidate).