Yes or no... Does Cao have a duty to vote on issues the way that his constituents want?
If Cao’s constituents are needy - liberal - non tax paying entitlement mentality - welfare sucking burdens - purposefully unemployed tax payer liabilities - then NO he does not have any need nor obligation to assist them ...
If Cao’s constituents are hard working, tax paying, loyal U.S. citizens who are working at a job and/or are working hard to get a job - then yes he does...
It makes no difference - Cao is not in reality — Americans DO NOT WANT TO PAY WELFARE for people who choose not to work ... or are so incapable as not to be able to find some sort of work... Cao is a naive FOOL...
The answer is no.
LA will almost certainly lose a seat in 2012. I was thinking that if Cao could hold on that he’d be in a better position but actually his is the least likely for the R’s to win.
So it could be 6-1 R, with a Dem holding the New Orleans seat. Possibly Obama’s Justice Dept. would try to force LA to pit 2 R’s against each other and give the Dem an easy ride to reelection, but a LA seat will have to hold about 750K residents.
New Orleans is good for 354K...someone suggested this district could be stretched to Baton Rouge...it could happen but the seat could still be competitive.
It looks like Jindal can run for reelection in 2011.
Mary Landrieu isn’t up until 2014.