[Steely Glint]

No, I am not swallowing anyone's prediction. I know the black politicians of Louisiana, some of them personally. My prediction: a deal with Blanco will be cut.

[JohnnyZ]

My prediction: a deal with Blanco will be cut.

Oh, sure, Cleo & Co. will exact a blood price, but they can only do so much if people don't really care to go out and vote, and blacks don't see Jindal as a threat or Blanco as a boon.

Ieyoub and Leach had these folks on board in the primary, and they couldn't even break 16%. Hell, even giving Blanco EVERY black vote Ieyoub and Leach got -- a dubious assumption -- that only gets her to, what, 40%?

[Skooz]

I know the black politicians of Louisiana, some of them personally.

Ditto.

My prediction: a deal with Blanco will be cut.

Ditto.

From now until election day, the message from the pulpits in black churches across Louisiana will be to vote for Blanco, because Jindal is an evil Republican who wants to revive slavery.