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Landrieu, consultant part ways Foster mum on Terrell By MARSHA SHULER mshuler@theadvocate.com Capitol news bureau Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu parted ways with her longtime political consultant Thursday as she faces a bruising political fight against re-election opponent Republican Suzanne Terrell. Meanwhile, Republican Gov. Mike Foster shied away from an endorsement of Terrell, the state's elections commissioner, upset with what he called Terrell's "cesspool" campaign. Landrieu downplayed consultant Ray Strother's departure. "There was a difference. I wanted to strengthen our message, what we have done for Louisiana and want to bring to the state," Landrieu...

~ Carville Meets The Labor Party ~ By William A. Mayer - Editor & Publisher April 3, 2002 During the 1999 Israeli election cycle, Democrat Party plotters James Carville, Stanley Greenberg and Bob Shrum created the Labor Party candidacy of Ehud Barak. They did so at the behest of Bill Clinton who was in search of a legacy aside from Monica. The thinking was that if he could control the Israeli presidency they could also push Israel into the arms of Arafat, achieving a positive place in history - possibly even securing the Nobel Peace prize as icing on the...

<p>A state agency -- not the individuals working for it -- was fined $69,500 Thursday for filing late potential conflict-of-interest statements during last year's electricity crisis.</p> <p>In a decision Secretary of State Bill Jones called "an outrage and an affront to the taxpayers," the California Fair Political Practices Commission levied its first-ever fine against another state agency -- the Department of Water Resources -- for violating the state's Political Reform Act.</p>