Comments on: Democrat Melancon: I Cosponsored Card Check Because I Opposed It

By: redtillimdead

redtillimdead — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:58:53 +0000

She needed to register to vote and move to LA by Tuesday the 7th, she didnt

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:06:27 +0000

…because the U.S. Constitution requires election day to be election day. Under jungle primaries, that was the election on the first Tues in November, and more often than not the winner was decided in December’s runoff.

They also usually ended up pitting the most conservative vs. the most liberal candidate in the runoff. A candidate like Edwards had a base vote of 28% AAs plus 10% or so yellow dogs. Duke won his slice of the electorate fair & square, maybe 22% or so (don’t remember the actual numbers) of crackers & rednecks to whom his race baiting rhetoric appealed. That left the 40% or so who picked more moderate Dem, Repub or Indep candidates in the primary field forced to choose between the Silver Zipper or the Grand Dragon.

By: louisiana

louisiana — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:49:41 +0000

was in the process of fixing chicken/ sausage gumbo, & then had trouble
posting. I logged on again, so hopefully that fixed the problem. Yes, the
law changed , under Blanco, I believe. We now have a closed primary
system. Under the old system, the top 2 candidates advanced to the
primaries, which meant that 2 people from the same political party
could advance.

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:06:44 +0000

I thought Louisiana changed the law, and has partisan primaries for federal office now, the lack of which was what allowed Duke to game the system and get into the general?

By: louisiana

louisiana — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:01:26 +0000

Melancon will draw some Cajun votes away from him, and he will get
virtually all of the minority vote. While Vitter has a 70% approval rate
among LA republicans,there are conservatives who do not approve of
him because of his “indiscretion”. Throw Stormy Daniels (porn star) into
the mix to remind everyone about that. Reportedly, Schumer has promised
Melancon extensive national support. Anything can happen in La.
Remember this is the state where Edwin Edwards ran against David Duke
in the 1991 Governor’s race. One Edwards bumper sticker read:
“Vote for the crook, not the clan.” Thankfully, there have been many
improvements in our politics, but I fully expect there will be some major
mudslinging in this election.