[odawg]

“If Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) runs for governor, and Landrieu has the appetite for another campaign, she may find more favorable political winds in 2016.”

Sometimes, pundits are the most clueless people on earth. If only conservatives had only half their fighting spirit...

[tanknetter]

“If Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) runs for governor, and Landrieu has the appetite for another campaign, she may find more favorable political winds in 2016.”

Sometimes, pundits are the most clueless people on earth. If only conservatives had only half their fighting spirit...

The pundit is probably just advancing Mary's "I'm not done" line.

IMO the reason for those last-minute, really over-the-top desperation tactics was to preserve Mary's future political viability in the face of an inevitable loss. If she'd been blown out by 20-24 points she'd be dead-dead-dead from a political perspective.

She lost by half that, 12 points. Still a landslide lost, but probably right on the cusp of having the credibility to mount a comeback bid in 2016.