I wouldn't know which crook to vote for. Nagin is a crook and is incompetent Landrieu, on the other hand is a member of an organized crime family with long time Mob connections.
I suppose Nagin, the incompetent one is the less dangerous of the two.
And that's it in a nutshell!
The choice was incompetence or corruption.
The choice was 4 years of Nagin or 8 years+ of Landrieu and his cronies.
Nagin can hardly do any more harm. He is now the equivalent of the Captain of the Titanic. Both it, and New Orleans, are sunk.
In a way, it's justice. The man whose incomptence contributed to the demise of the city SHOULD be forced to go down with the ship.
As a native New Orleanian, I don't see any hope. It's over. New Orleans is an aged boxer who got smashed to his knees. One more storm will finish it. It's too old, too poor, and too cursed by geography to recover and survive. Nothing is forever.
The Gulf is reclaiming the coast. Nature will win. New Orleans, and everything south of I-10 will BE the wetlands we need. The next time we evacuate will be the last time,IMO- no coming back.
If they can keep the 'important' New Orleans( the Quarter and Garden District) dry for awhile longer, it will just be a resort area-safe for only 6 months of the year.
We're all just Temporary Residents now.
Nagin is just the last politico sucking the last bit of blood out of a dying city. He is the Mayor of Mold and Misery.
One more hurricane, and New Orleans will be history.