You must be confused about how someone becomes a candidate. The days of party machines dictating who does and doesn’t run don’t exist any more, and for sure it doesn’t here in Louisiana.
The candidate makes that decision. If someone doesn’t like who runs, then they can get off their ass and run themselves. That way, there will be no issues with the “lesser of two evils” excuse that so many FReepers use.
I don’t favor the open or “jungle” primary over a closed party primary, but I’m not a member of the legislature that gets to make that decision.
Vitter was the best of the lot that chose to run. It’s that simple.
“Vitter was the best of the lot that chose to run. It’s that simple.”
And he lost because he had a prostitute problem, It’s that simple.
I think we’ve gone full circle. You know why he lost, even if you refuse to acknowledge it. The voters would rather have a democrat without a prostitute problem than a republican with one. Vitter should have known better. But he didn’t know better than to get caught up with prostitutes, so why would he suddenly be struck with good judgment on running for governor? Now LA must endure a democrat because of a republicans prostitute problem.