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We didn't outflank ourselves. The RATS brought in Donna Brazile, (who had the added benefit of being from Louisiana) and she performed a picture-perfect knock-and-drag on election day. It even included direct over-the-phone threats from Bill Clinton to hesitant black "leaders" a couple of days beforehand to "get out the vote or else. The GOP, on the other hand, completely disbanded their brilliant GOTV campaign after November 5th and just threw money at Terrell.

You are correct. Conservative and GOP activists in LA should hang their heads in shame. They got completely out-hussled by the RATS... our people actually believed that we had this win in the bank. Lazy, stupid, inept, and reprehensible.

Believe me, neither Talent, Coleman, Sununu or Chambliss -- among others -- would have been elected had we been this lazy in their respective states. We worked our asses off here in Minnesota, and I know others did elsewhere, too.

A few points...first, Terrell is not the most effective campaigner/public speaker..she got better at it, but she was also tired at the end.....Landrieu is a machine...gotta give her credit for her energy...more importantly, the GOP gov, and the two candidates who Suzy defeated, didn't come out and strongly support her.....they sat on the fence, and the endorsements, when finally delivered, were weak.....if it had been a unified GOP effort from the get-go..it might have made a difference......the saving grace of this loss..and it sticks in my crawfish also....is that the GOP will work harder....and the Dems will delude themselves into thinking that they have a magic formula for victory...Mary won ONLY because of John Breaux.........and Breaux is a senator ONLY from LA, not the 19 other states the Dems have to defend in 04...