[Brices Crossroads]

Most LSU grads are stauchly conservative, and I would bet that Terrell would win them overwhemingly. Tulane grads are more liberal generally and thus mosr likely to vote for Landrieu. But most of the liberals come from the northeast and return there after graduation. The remainder of Tulanians, the home-grown variety, are pretty conservative as well.

I am actually more concerned about graduates of Loyola, a pseudo-Catholic institution which brainwashes young Catholics who go there into believing that it's OK to vote for a proabortion Catholic. I wouldn't send one of my kids to Loyola if they offered a full scholarship and a car and a house to boot!

[lavrenti]

If memory serves, Newt got his graduate degree from Tulane.

Obviously, that glorifed community college (UNO) set against that big stink of a lake doesn't get a mention.

[kms61]

"Most LSU grads are stauchly conservative,"

It's just really hard to generalize about an institution that turns out 5000 or so graduates a year. To the extent that most LSU alumni are middle class, and white, I'll agree that they probably mirror that demographic. I think if you polled LSU alumni, Terrell would probably lead. But I think it's a mistake to assume that it would be an overwhelming lead.

There's also the "subway alumni" factor. Like Notre Dame, many of LSU's most passionate supporters have never set foot in an LSU classroom. Their political leanings may not track with that of the actual alumni base.

I'm sounding like a contrarian in this thread, but I'm just trying to point out that things are not nearly as cut and dried around here as some people are assuming.

[Bogey78O]

I noticed a few churches in New Orleans East put up yard signs that said "Vote Pro-life"