What if there had been a media barrage of blame directed towards the federal government that even some conservatives place a disproportionate share of the blame on George W. Bush?
I would expect Massachusetts to vote Republican if its Democratic leaders botched the handling of a natural disaster.
Yeah but you are talking about one statewide race for Governor. The reelection of Nagin and Jefferson were local elections where the country club republicans sold themselves out to the white liberals both times to elect an uber-liberal. This probably tough for you to understand, since you don't live here, but in both the Nagin and Jefferson, election grassroots conservatives voted for the incumbents because the alternatives were ghastly. For all his foibles, Jefferson is pro-life and against gay marriage, his opponent was not.
In the statewide election for governor in 2007, I can assure you that Bobby Jindal will win. What is not being reported by the national press is that the Pubbies won two statewide offices this turn without much of a fight, Sec of State and Insurance Commissioner.
The other thing to keep in mind is that we have this awful open primary system. It insures that no one can get their message out and the two worst possible candidates always wind up in the runoff. In both the Jefferson and Nagin elections, I had no opportunity to vote for a conservative in the runoff. I did vote both times for the most conservative candidate and they won both times.
The tide is changing here, look beyond the headlines and this district will be gone by 2012 anyway, so who cares?
Alright, I'll give Louisiana a break, afterall, you guys voted for Bush, and well, my state showed you the horror of the John F'ing Kerry.