[elenchus]

This interchange between Russert and Landrieu has the potential to produce the same sort of earthshaking change we saw in the Florida gubernatorial race, where the Democrat candidate's failure to provide satisfactory answers about tax consequences of his proposals revealed that his policies would necessitate enormous tax increases. Jeb Bush won in a massive landslide.

Terrell can achieve the same if she presses on the weakness which Russert exposed in Landrieu: that Landrieu will not unequivocally support making the Bush tax cuts permanent. Her weasel words, equivocation and outright disgraceful evasions and attempts to change the subject to a defense of our soldiers in the Middle East are quite transparent in the transcript. See how she shamelessly tries to shift from her unwillingness to commit to make the tax cuts permanent to her concern that tax cuts will jeopardize soldiers in battle.

What a patriot Landrieu is!

Terrell should be informed that this is her most potent weapon: if she exploits this fundamental weakness and exposes Landrieu's duplicity and evasion on taxes, her victory will be all but guaranteed.

Perhaps the best thing Terrell could do is develop a commercial showing what a double-talking quibbling weasel Landrieu is by doing nothing more than reproducing Landrieu's exchange with Russert. Armed with this, Terrell's victory would be virtually guaranteed.

[ZOOKER]

Nobody does the "Louisiana Crawfish" better than Landrieu.

I am impressed.

[1Old Pro]

Yep, she can't answer questions and give straight answers. That would be a big part of my campaign if I were running against her.

[PolishProud]

What's the deal with your link to the full story? All I get is an ad for Chris "the mouth" Matthews. Are you trying to increase his audiance from two to three viewers? Good luck.

[kms61]

There was a Terrell for Senate plane buzzing the stadium during Saturday's LSU-Alabama game. I was under the impression that for security reasons this was illegal, but even if it's not, I thought it was very poor judgment on the part of whoever authorized this stunt. I'm surprised the media hasn't run with it already.

[sam_paine]

Man, the transcript reads better than Terrell's commercial.

MS. TERRELL: Well, I think what we’re talking about is making the temporary taxes permanent, temporary tax reductions permanent reductions,

The commercial is even more confusing. I think I know what the point is, but it ain't real clear. "Making taxes permanent" doesn't sound as clear as "making taxcuts permanent."

[SAMS]

I hate it when the RATS use the "I support the troops" ploy to weasel out of every argument they ever have! If they really (ever) supported the military, they would a)stop making it a social engineering project, b)let the troops train without the tree huggers interfering and worrying about damn woodpeckers, c)let the Marines dig a foxhole!

[Wright is right!]

Landrieu has her facts completely jumbled. The tax cuts do NOT take effect "in 10 years." They EXPIRE in 10 years. She didn't get much else right, either.

Michael

[codder too]

Terell would be well advised to rethink her stand on No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Her Governor says he feels that the state already has a "higher" standard than the fed mandates. He is probably correct.

The demographic data breakdown that NCLB requires, can be easily accomplished at any time, by using good software at the state level. Looks like "academic achievement" is most important to this Governor. She would be wise to AGREE with him because lots of voting parents do. An offer to work with him in reaching "an alternative to the same destination" might be wise.