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Five reasons Mary Landrieu lost
The Hill ^ | 6 Dec 14 | Jonathan Easley

Posted on 12/07/2014 3:10:26 AM PST by SkyPilot

Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) luck ran out Saturday night.

The Democrat’s colleagues talk about her as a fighter who has won tough runoff elections in red Louisiana before, even if she was the underdog against Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). But in 2014, a host of factors conspired to keep her from ultimately falling short for a fourth term.

Collapse among white voters

Landrieu’s support among black voters in Louisiana is nearly universal, but strategists in the state wondered if there were enough of them to counteract Cassidy’s huge lead among white voters.

There were not.

Landrieu’s percentage of the black vote was in the high 90s on Nov. 4, but Cassidy took more than 80 percent of the white vote.

Democrats, particularly those in the South, have suffered a complete collapse among white voters. Landrieu was the last white Democrat from the Deep South in the Senate, and none remain in the House.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: billcassid; billcassidy; democrats; keystonexl; landrieu; louisiana; marylandrie; marylandrieu; obama; robmaness; senate
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To: ReganDude

I’ve got 5 reasons for you.

Obama
Open Borders
Amnesty
Obamacare
Obama


81 posted on 12/08/2014 9:20:16 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: SkyPilot
Actually? Five reasons:
1. She's stupid.
2. She's stupid.
3. She's stupid.
4. She's stupid.
5. She's stupid.
82 posted on 12/08/2014 10:45:35 AM PST by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: SkyPilot

6 Finally had to face the fact she took office when the Muppet show was cancelled, and her secret identity has been blown.


83 posted on 12/08/2014 6:47:26 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: elcid1970

Somebody wrote on another thread that our little party could have the White House, 300 House seats, and 70 Senate seats, and nothing would still get done. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski would block all conservative measures singlehandedly, with help too from McC and Graham.


84 posted on 12/08/2014 7:58:28 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: StAnDeliver

Her father served under Carter in the Cabinet, so she can serve with HRC unless she wins the other Senate seat in 2016.


85 posted on 12/08/2014 7:59:49 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Jedidah

Guillory’s St. Landry Parish was split down the middle, with Landrieu narrowly prevailing there.


86 posted on 12/08/2014 8:01:04 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: elcid1970

Subtract Murkowski, Collins, McC, Graham, and Hatch, and it’s really 49. I know Hatch has his defenders here.


87 posted on 12/08/2014 8:02:27 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: SkyPilot
The 5 real reasons Landrieu lost?

1. You're all racists.
Rinse and repeat for reasons 2-5.

88 posted on 12/08/2014 8:11:52 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Theodore R.

Yes. Narrowly prevailing where she would normally have dominated.

But Guillory’s message wasn’t just to his little neck of the woods. It spread far beyond St. Landry Parish, into the rest of the state and its voters, and nationwide.
Brilliant piece of work.

Here’s his new one, if you haven’t seen it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_YQ8560E1w


89 posted on 12/08/2014 8:21:12 PM PST by Jedidah
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To: Theodore R.

Sorry, that was the wrong link. I meant to post this, from a couple of weeks ago, on Obama’s immigration order:

“Why Won’t Obama Help Us?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccb-cwSFjP0


90 posted on 12/08/2014 8:32:27 PM PST by Jedidah
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To: personalaccts
Re:She was a very expensive whore

Indeed, she was!

91 posted on 12/09/2014 11:11:34 AM PST by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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