[popdonnelly]

Mary Landrieu isn't used to being asked hard questions by a news media that's supposed to be in her back pocket.

[olde north church]

and a wide back pocket that is!

[conservative in nyc]

I hate to inject politics into this, but why is Mary Landrieu mugging for the TV cameras, anyway? She's not the governor or mayor. She doesn't control the Louisiana National Guard or the New Orleans. She doesn't control FEMA or any federal executive branch department. She'd better serve her constituents by quietly liaising with federal and state officials.

You don't see Senators Vitter, Lott or Cochran on TV as much. A Google News search of articles since the 29th comes up with:

75 Results for "David Vitter"
152 Results for "Thad Cochran"
564 Results for "Trent Lott" (And a lot of those about his Pascagoula house being destroyed); and
1,560 Results for "Mary Landrieu"

[agrace]

No doubt she complained behind the scenes, because what do I see less than an hour later - she's back on with Paula Zahn, same sort of questions, whole different feel to the interview, much "nicer" on the part of CNN.