That’s right. Woody was leading in the exit polls the whole day right up to about 5 PM that evening. That’s when the Marc Morial operatives went into action. If my memory serves me correctly, Landrieu had gone out on stage to concede the election, and then she got word that she had “won”. The rest, as they say, is history.
He won the rest of the state outside Orleans Parish by 100,000 votes. It’s truly appalling that the GOP majority Senate at the time didn’t refuse to seat Landrieu on the face of fraudulent returns and hold hearings on Morial and his corrupt little dog and pony show. Their lack of courage to do the right thing is why we’re in the minority today.
A little bit more about “the big sleazy”:
http://www.nationalreview.com/flashback/lowry200411021325.asp