Five reasons Mary Landrieu lost

The Hill ^ | 6 Dec 14 | Jonathan Easley

[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.

[A CA Guy]

I’ve got 5 reasons for you.

Obama
Open Borders
Amnesty
Obamacare
Obama

[BigEdLB]

Actually? Five reasons:
1. She's stupid.
2. She's stupid.
3. She's stupid.
4. She's stupid.
5. She's stupid.

[rawcatslyentist]

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

[Theodore R.]

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.

[Theodore R.]

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

[Theodore R.]

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

[Theodore R.]

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

[Sicon]

The 5 real reasons Landrieu lost?

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

[Jedidah]

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

[Jedidah]

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

[Sons of Union Vets]

Re:She was a very expensive whore

Indeed, she was!