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Bossier lawmaker St. Senator Robert Adley switches to Republican Party (Louisiana)
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| 12/10/07
Posted on 12/10/2007 5:19:02 PM PST by LdSentinal
Louisiana state Sen. Robert Adley of Bossier Parish has switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party.
Adley's move comes a month before the state's new Republican governor, Bobby Jindal, takes office. Adley called himself a conservative reformer with the same philosophy as Jindal.
In discussing the party switch, the longtime Democrat Adley said he wants to be as effective as possible in dealing with the new governor.
"I have worked with a number of reform governors and spent years trying to get reform in Louisiana," Adley said during his announcement at the Bossier City Municipal Complex. "We've gotten close; we've never gotten there. I really believe this administration has that chance and I want to participate in that."
With Adley, Republicans now have 16 members in the Senate. Democrats have 23.
Adley is about to begin his second term in the Senate. He was a member of the state House of Representatives from 1979-95.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: adley; jindal; lousiana; realignment; republican
To: LdSentinal
This will be front page NYT news tomorrow. /sarc
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posted on
12/10/2007 5:19:53 PM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(DemocraticUnderground.com is an internet hate site.)
To: LdSentinal; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; CajunConservative; fieldmarshaldj; Norman Bates
This helps, as the GOP was unable to take the state Senate this year.
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posted on
12/10/2007 5:28:22 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: Clintonfatigued
If that's a LA ping list you've got, would you mind adding me?
Thanks. :)
To: Clintonfatigued; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
Now that there is an incoming GOP Speaker on the House side, I wonder if that will precipitate a number of defections over there ? Regardless, even with Adley’s switch, they’re pretty much locked into the leadership for the next 4 years. Only once in recent memory have they sacked a Senate President before his term was up (when Allen Bares was dumped for Sammy Nunez in 1990). From what I understand, the incoming President is a liberal.
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posted on
12/10/2007 5:45:02 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: fieldmarshaldj
I harte to say it, but switching parties after the election where you used the party's money and volunteers smacks of dishonesty.
A really honorable,but riskier act would have been to announce the switch before the primaries;or , stay in the party that helped elect you and fight tooth and nail for changes to your liking.
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posted on
12/10/2007 6:01:32 PM PST
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
To: SeafoodGumbo
Actually, I don’t. It’s possible that Galactic Overlord In Chief does.
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posted on
12/10/2007 6:31:29 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: hoosierham
You’d have a point there, but LA has a different setup where everybody competes in a gigantic jungle primary (so no specific party primaries and party affiliation isn’t as important). It’s not unusual in runoffs for people of the same party to end up facing off.
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posted on
12/10/2007 6:33:44 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: LdSentinal
The first of many to switch.We saw the same occurance in Georgia with conservative democrats became republicans.This includes our current governor Sonny Perdue.
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posted on
12/10/2007 6:53:02 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
From what I understand, the incoming President is a liberal.
Chaisson, yeah, I don't know very much about him. He represents St. Charles Parish and some of St. John Parish. It's very mixed, with Desterhan being upscale suburbia, Laplace a fast growing exurb, and smaller middle class areas like Norco. Some refineries, swamps, small towns, etc. I go out there when I go to work. I would guess that Jindal carried that area. So Chaisson shouldn't get too far afield, unless he and the Dems feel confident they can get one over on Bobby.
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posted on
12/10/2007 8:22:37 PM PST
by
Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
(Groundchuck Hagel and Lindsey Grahamcracker are undesirable menu items in 2008. Make new choices!)
To: Clintonfatigued
Sorry, I don’t have a ping list either.
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posted on
12/10/2007 8:25:42 PM PST
by
Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
(Groundchuck Hagel and Lindsey Grahamcracker are undesirable menu items in 2008. Make new choices!)
To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
We shall see who stands in the way of Jindal’s reformist agenda.
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posted on
12/10/2007 8:44:20 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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