Posted on 12/01/2014 2:55:04 PM PST by abb
In a conference call today, President Barack Obama endorsed Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) in her bid to win her Senate seat, which she has held for more than a decade, against Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).
The endorsement will most likely serve as a burden for Landrieu, rather than an asset, as a majority of Louisiana voters do not approve of Obamas agenda and the way he has handled Obamacare or the economy.
Landrieu has spent her entire re-election avoiding Obama and his policies, which she has largely supported. Exit polling in the November Senate race, showed that there are 5 issues that Louisianians care most about.
Three of those issues involve Obama and his policies directly and Landrieus support for them. Voters have an issue with the way the economy has been sluggish, even though the President has poured tons of public money in order to jump-start the economy.
Voters also take issue with Obamacare, which Landrieu infamously cast the deciding vote for. And lastly, voters have an issue with Obama, himself. A whopping 49 percent of Louisianians who voted on Nov. 4th said they strongly disapprove of Obamas handling of the country. Another 10 percent of Louisianians said they somewhat disproved.
So, what do you think? Will Obamas endorsement of Landrieu prove to be detrimental to her campaign?
She doesn’t have a viable path to victory that doesn’t involve Cassidy endorsing rape or something.
The the most realistic (or least unrealastic) path to victory other than that involves the difficult task of getting every Black person in the state to vote. To that end, a personal plea from Osama makes sense.
Upon my arrival there were at least a dozen customers wanting to be seen who could not be due to the fact they had Obamacare. And yes, both the admissions desk and those wanting to be seen called it "Obamacare". They could not be confirmed in the system of insurance, and those who could be insisted they were not supposed to be paying anything to be see. The ruckus was hugh.
Once I got to the back room I asked the clerk if this happens every day and she said "yes, it sure does". She said none of them understand that they have to pay for treatment even with insurance. They also seemed outraged over having to show a picture ID to back up the name with the insured. It was a black voter epiphany happening right before my eyes. They all wanted to blame someone. The clerk was black. The staff was all black. Their insurance was thru Obamacare. Surely there is some white person somewhere doing this to them?????????? Nope! It was wonderful to watch an edjucashin taking place right before my eyes.
This means that only racists will oppose her now, and if she loses it will only be because most white residents of Louisiana are secret members of the Klan.
ROFLMAO! Thanks for sharing your experience. Quite an educational moment for anyone who wants to educate.
Landslide “Louisiana Purchase” Landrieu.
My Goodness, she sure is quite a sloven hog.
OAK has a better chance of winning the SB than Fat Mary does of reelection...
Just fine, and you?
The pig on the left is much better looking.
My first thought.
Thanks,Obola!
Other than lousy luçk online pokering, pretty good of considering..
Obama endorses Mary Landrieu on campaign call
By Rebecca Berg | December 1, 2014 | 3:40 pm
Breaking : Sun sets in West, film at 11....
I hope she gets her a$$ kicked even worse due to this endorsement.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/12/01/what-the-heck-happened-to-mary-landrieu/
What the heck happened to Mary Landrieu?
By Chris Cillizza December 1 at 4:17 PM
Remember when the Louisiana runoff between Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) and Rep. Bill Cassidy (R) was going to be the most unforgettable and pivotal contest in modern memory? That with the fate of Senate control hanging in the balance tens of millions of dollars and hundreds upon hundreds of staffers would pour into the Bayou State in advance of the Dec. 6 runoff?
Yeah, not so much. The Nov. 4 election ended all that — with Republicans netting eight Senate seats and, with it, the majority in the 114th Congress. In the intervening 27 days, you’d be hard-pressed to find a single Democrat in Washington not named “Landrieu” even talking about the race and even fewer (if that’s possible) who think she has any chance at winning.
“I dont know anyone outside of her staff who thinks she has a chance to win next Saturday,” said Bob Mann, a longtime aide to former Louisiana Sen. John Breaux (D) and now the chair of the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU. “The hole is just too deep, the abandonment by white voters so complete. She cannot motivate enough black voters to make up for what shes losing among whites.” (To Mann’s point, check out this post by Philip Bump explaining why the math just isn’t there for Landrieu.)
Conversations with plugged-in Democratic strategists paint Landrieu as a victim of a failed strategy — on her part and on the part of national Democratic officials.
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She is doomed.
Perfect timing. She must have really ticked the King off and he is giving her a little payback.
“K.O.D.”
Hoping that this is so.
Ah-h-h-hh. The kiss of death.
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